This administration is a complete mess.
The FDA announced yesterday, without any warning to any state or local authorities, that it was going to halt the emergency use authorization of certain monoclonal antibodies treatment because they aren't particularly useful against Omicron.
Because data show these treatments are highly unlikely to be active against the omicron variant, which is circulating at a very high frequency throughout the United States, these treatments are not authorized for use in any U.S. states, territories, and jurisdictions at this time. In the future, if patients in certain geographic regions are likely to be infected or exposed to a variant that is susceptible to these treatments, then use of these treatments may be authorized in these regions.
This is just based on the idea that almost all cases of Covid are from Omicron, so if the treatment is not effective they remove the authorization.
The problem, of course, is that if you have another variant of Covid, like Delta or the original variant, this is still a life-saving treatment.
Also, it won't hurt you if you take it for Omicron. Since people aren't being told what variant they have, the treatment should be available for all.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has been leading the way in providing life-saving treatments for his citizens, absolutely ripped into the Biden FDA's decision.
DeSantis nails it. This is just a political move by a President who is seen as a complete failure by most Americans.
DeSantis's office also put out a press release in which DeSantis, his Lt. Governor, and Florida's Surgeon General all criticized Biden's dangerous move.
Read the fire coming off this release:
Governor Ron DeSantis is demanding the Biden Administration reverse its sudden and reckless decision to revoke emergency use authorization (EUA) for Regeneron and Eli Lilly monoclonal antibody treatments. This abrupt and unilateral action by the Biden Administration will prevent access to lifesaving treatments for Floridians and Americans.
"Without a shred of clinical data to support this action, Biden has forced trained medical professionals to choose between treating their patients or breaking the law," said Governor Ron DeSantis. "This indefensible edict takes treatment out of the hands of medical professionals and will cost some Americans their lives. There are real-world implications to Biden's medical authoritarianism – Americans' access to treatments is now subject to the whims of a failing president."
"Rather than giving Americans the option for various COVID treatments, the FDA and the Biden Administration issued their royal decree, taking away the very thing that is proven to reduce hospitalizations and save lives," said Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez. "Monoclonal antibody treatments like Regeneron have had a positive impact for thousands of Floridians. For the CDC and FDA, which have been consistently inconsistent throughout the entire pandemic, to restrict treatment does nothing but put individuals at risk."
"In our field of medicine, when someone comes to you seeking a treatment that could save their life, it is essential to have treatment options to ensure health care providers can make the best decisions for their patients," said Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo. "The Federal Government has failed to adequately provide the United States with adequate outpatient treatment options for COVID-19. Now, they are scrambling to cover up a failure to deliver on a promise to ‘shut down the virus.'"
As a result of this abrupt and clinically unsupported action, the appointments for more than 2,000 Floridians to receive this treatment were canceled on January 25, 2022, alone. This decision was made solely by Biden's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) without advance warning to states or health providers and without clinical data to support the decision. The deliberate decision by the Biden Administration to make this announcement effective immediately, through a press release, actively prevents states and health care providers from making real-time operational decisions that save lives.
Over the course of the past two years, scientists and researchers across the nation have worked hard to bring us treatments that are both safe and effective. One of these treatments has been monoclonal antibodies. This treatment has saved thousands of lives in Florida and across our nation.
That's 2,000 Floridians currently with Covid who had appointments for this treatment that the Biden Administration is preventing from getting a readily available, and effective treatment.
The Biden administration is a complete failure, but it's encouraging to see a unified government in Florida stand up to his tyranny.
