TN's GOP govt wants to withhold monoclonal antibodies from vaccinated folks

[Tanuki]

to save enough for the stubbornly unvaccinated when they inevitably get sick and demand treatment.


https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/health/2021/09/21/tennessee-covid-19-monoclonal-antibodies-vaccinated/8383051002/

"The Tennessee state government now recommends nearly all vaccinated residents be denied access to monoclonal antibody treatment in a new effort to preserve a limited supply of antibody drugs for those who remain most vulnerable to the virus, largely by their own choice.

The federal government began capping shipments of these drugs last week because the majority of the national supply is being used by a small number of poorly vaccinated southern states, including Tennessee.

State officials say restricting eligibility to the treatment will reserve the now-limited supply of drugs for those unvaccinated residents most likely to suffer severe complications from a coronavirus infection. But the recommendation is certain to frustrate many vaccinated Tennesseans, who took commonsense steps to help stop the pandemic and, as a result, may now lose access to one of the most effective treatments for the virus.

About 44% of Tennesseans are fully vaccinated. Under the state's new recommendation, only vaccinated people who are immunocompromised still will be eligible for monoclonal antibody treatment."

[KentuckyWoman]

1. It just boggles the mind.

[SheltieLover]

2. Hows about deny willfully unvaxed hospital care?

Send them to tents.

[NCjack]

3. How does that break out by political party? Would it be that

1. Repukes control the state party?
2. Repukes are the ones mostly unvaccinated?
3. DEMs are the ones mostly vaccinated?

Yeah, that's probably how it is. Repukes being rewarded for being assholes who are endangering public health.

[localroger]

4. I'm sure that some Republicans who remain aware of reality know they have a problem

If they selectively lose 2% of their voters while our side does not, it could be an electoral catastrophe for them, particularly in heavily gerrymandered areas where they are depending on a narrow advantage in a majority of districts to create a large majority of representatives. Since they have realized they can't put the antivaxx genie they created back in its bottle, this is a sensible strategy for them to try to preserve as many of their side as possible while denying us the same advantage.