Florida opposes federal government over monoclonal antibodies -- again

[Zorro]

Florida’s surgeon general says there’s an “immediate and life-threatening shortage of treatment options.”

TALLAHASSEE — Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo is accusing the federal government of meddling in Florida’s monoclonal antibody treatment program.

In a Tuesday letter to Xavier Becerra, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Ladapo said the federal government is “actively preventing the effective distribution of monoclonal antibody treatments in the U.S.” Ladapo went on to say that the government had suspended “multiple monoclonal antibody therapy treatments from distribution in Florida.”

It’s the second time in three months that Florida officials have publicly disparaged federal officials over monoclonal treatments. In September, Gov. Ron DeSantis predicted a change in federal monoclonal policy would result in a “huge disruption” for patients. That never materialized.

This latest spat stems from when the federal government in late November temporarily paused shipments of GlaxoSmithKline’s Sotrovimab antibody treatment to states while it assessed the drug’s effectiveness against the omicron variant of COVID-19.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2021/12/29/florida-opposes-federal-government-over-monoclonal-antibodies-again/

[onecaliberal]

1. No mother fucker the vaccine is everywhere!

[Thomas Hurt]

2. More importantly the feds are interfering with the kick backs De Santis is getting from his...

buddies at the pharma company.

[mitch96]

8. One of his biggest donors is Regeneron.. they make monoclonal antibody treatment. He gets

all his antibody treatment info from Regeneron lobbyist.. Follow the money...
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/08/19/the-ron-desantis-regeneron-connection-explained/

[Maru Kitteh]

10. Which is now utterly useless until they reformulate it.

Bye, fuckers.

[tishaLA]

3. anti-masker says wut?

[Raftergirl]

4. Too bad Ronnie.

[gratuitous]

5. Let's see: A free vaccine or pay for some Rube Goldberg contraption?

That's a stumper, for sure. For those unfamiliar with Goldberg's work:

[SCantiGOP]

6. This is just DeSantis deflecting

Florida had the highest per capita new case rate in the nation earlier this week. They need to somehow blame it on Biden.

[Deep State Witch]

7. Give Them Ivermectin

I don't see why the State of Flori-duh just doesn't give COVID patients ivermectin instead? Isn't that what their Public Health Director wanted?

[ornotna]

9. Plenty of treatment options in Florida

There are Tractor Supply stores everywhere.