Posted on 09/16/2021 12:55:33 PM PDT by Red Badger
You've probably heard about monoclonal antibodies—a therapeutic treatment that has been highly successful at treating COVID-19. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, for instance, aggressively championed the procedure in his state, which saw such promising results that even Dr. Anthony Fauci came out strongly in support of it.
Now, however, the Biden administration is announcing that it will begin rationing the treatment throughout the U.S., citing an alleged fear of shortages:
An HHS spokesperson said seven states have accounted for 70% of orders for the therapy. Those seven states are Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana.
"Given this reality, we must work to ensure our supply of these life-saving therapies remains available for all states and territories, not just some," the HHS spokesperson said.
The distribution, which is similar to a system employed earlier this year, will fall to HHS, which will allocate product to states and territories each week, rather administration sites ordering them directly.
But is the threat of shortages real? Texas Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough wrote on Facebook this week that there was, in fact, no looming shortfall of the drug:
As of yesterday the Biden Administration is metering how many doses of Regeneron are sent to Texas and thus limiting how many are sent to the Montgomery County location. Telling Texas to reduce its use of the therapeutic treatment that has literally been saving lives and reducing hospitalizations.
Now I'd like to think this is because of a supply issue and it will be temporary at best. But it's not. The manufacturer has confirmed supplies are ample but due to the Defense Production Act, the White House and it's agencies are the only entities who can purchase and distribute this treatment.
So less than a week after the president tells us his patience is wearing thin and he is mandating vaccines to millions of Americans his administration limits and all but removes a non-controversial and highly successful treatment from our war chest of combating this virus.
A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told CNN that the department "will determine the amount of product each state and territory receives on a weekly basis."
K.
“I am arranging for both treatments for me and mine,”
Ditto. I laid in a stash of IVM before the full-frontal assault on it the past month. But I fear I need a lot more to make sure I can get it to family members in time.
A monoclonal antibody center opened recently at the County Fairgrounds near Coeur d’Alene, ID. I haven’t heard what their supply of Regeneron MABs is. Hopefully Biden doesn’t cut Idaho off out of spite. You need a prescription and referral from an Idaho certified doctor and have to meet either the high risk or co-morbidity criteria (age > 65; high BP; history of respiratory ailments; immune system compromised; overweight; etc). It seems like almost everybody should qualify.
Thank you for posting this.
Biden would become real popular if he said, “Golly gee whiz, we want to get rid of this virus, and we want to treat those who get it because we value everyone’s life regardless of race, religion, politics . . .”
As of yesterday the Biden Administration is metering how many doses of Regeneron are sent to Texas and thus limiting how many are sent to the Montgomery County location. Telling Texas to reduce its use of the therapeutic treatment that has literally been saving lives and reducing hospitalizations.
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Texas sure will need more with
TWENTY THOUSAND (untested) ILLEGAL ALIENS WAITING TO INVADE THE COUNTRY AT DEL RIO
I tested positive two days ago. Had done my homework many months ago and had ivermectin ready to go (not the animal grade). Took it immediately. Three hours later I was in a monoclonal antibody treatment booth thanks to Gov Desantis.
It’s now been a little over two days and I feel great. Just took my second dose of ivermectin. I don’t know which treatment was more effective but I wasn’t going to take any chance so I implemented both. I am 68 years old and in relatively good health. Covid 19 will be remembered by me as a brief bout with the flu. BTW I had the vaccine in March.
Any thinking person would wonder why they are so incredibly desperate for you to take their experimental drugs. This particular decision is yet another of a long string of things that simply doesn’t make any sense at all unless there is something incredibly sinister behind the experimental drugs they are pushing.
Isn’t Regeneron a commercial product? Why do the feds control it? (The feds did fund it and it is 2100 bucks per dose.)
Thanks for posting that very appropriate statement. The time is getting very close.
The Hunger Games..........................IN REALITY!...................
The Hunger Games..........................IN REALITY!...................
When peoples mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters start dying in mass numbers...................
They take a treatment that actually works and then withhold that treatment as punishment for not taking the treatment that doesn’t work......................
NO JAB, NO MAB..........................
It’s about punishing Red States and their governors for not obeying the executive orders of the emperor Talleybiden I.............
That’s what dictators do, always have and always will..............
Those are the most stirring words ever written. Thomas Jefferson was a real genius.
It’s kinda like we lost a war and the winners (democrates/China) are getting even with US.
I saw that on Facebook this morning. Or maybe it was yesterday afternoon. That Biden is a crazy, power hungry idiot.
Agreed...
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