Now a new front has opened in the Covid battle between President Joe Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis: Covid-19 antibody treatments.
“We've been handed a major curveball here, with a really huge cut from HHS and the Biden administration,” DeSantis said at a press conference in Broward County. “We're going to make sure we leave no stone unturned. Whoever needs a treatment, we're going to work like hell to get them the treatment.” DeSantis has prioritized monoclonal treatments such as Regeneron in his Florida pandemic battle plan, spending the past several weeks flying across the state supporting the treatments. Monoclonal antibody treatments are considered effective if administered early in an infection. At the same time, he has opposed Covid-related restrictions such as requiring students to wear face coverings, vaccine passports or mandatory vaccine mandates for workers.
“Our role as the government overseeing the entire country is to be equitable in how we distribute,” she said during a press briefing. “We're not going to give a greater percentage to Florida over Oklahoma.” More than 49,000 people in Florida have died from Covid-19 since the pandemic first hit the state in March 2020. The Delta surge over the summer led to more than 9,600 deaths in August, and more than 818,000 new infections, according to weekly reports from the state Department of Health.
HHS graphs are showing a big glut in treatments that Florida has received but not administered. It seems as if Florida is stockpiling it. You should look at that side of this story.
Politics over people. No shame.
It’s not a war with Biden, it’s a war against public health
He’s just making shit up as he goes along
DeSantis just wants to make sure he'll keep getting his million$ in donations from Regeneron.
Incompetent and ignorant!
From what I understand the monoclonal treatments are only used on mild or moderate cases of covid. Cannot be used on covid people hospitalized or on oxygen therapy cus it could make symptoms worse, it comes with a long list of adverse reactions and must be used within days of /2
The best 'treatment' is the vaccine. This governor knows this but because he believes it will hurt his political future he deflects. His deflection of the truth is killing people. He is truly malevolent and is worse than the former guy who wanted us to inject bleach.
Trying to steal the whole supply eh. Let's forget WHY they have used and need so many doses?
.GovRonDeSantis wouldn’t it make more sense to promote vaccines and masks so that less people would actually need treatment? You and your family are vaccinated, please do all you can to really protect our children and teachers who are most vulnerable.
Why don’t we start focusing on prevention instead of demanding to hog all the available treatment?
apparently it doesn't work anyway because this cat has killed thousands upon thousands of people
he's going from encouraging the spread of death to actively trying to kill the vaxed.
How very republican to treat a problem instead of prevent it…
Lets simplify the rift. Evil vs Good🇺🇸
Seven states, facing some of the U.S.’s most severe Covid-19 outbreaks have been utilizing about 70% of the nation’s distribution of monoclonal antibodies to help reduce hospitalizations in their overburdened healthcare systems.
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Biden is doing this because he hates us Floridians
The real tragedy is that Kentucky is saving the horse wormer for horses.
GovRonDeSantis it takes two to tango. What about promoting COVID vaccination, mask mandates, install HEPA air-filters in schools to protect children and teachers. You need to do something to protect FL residents just like Biden is doing for the whole country. Stop sabotaging
DeathSantis has made a sport out of keeping Florida sick while out raising money in other Repub. States. ... Florida's death rate in unvaccinated seniors is number one across the USA. ... I can see why Regeneron likes to keep him around.
Way to frame this! DeSantis is deliberately killing his people and it’s a rift between him and the president who’s trying to save them.
He is creating a market for them so Federal dollars can be used to buy them from his political donors? 😳
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