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| Florida surgeon general says Biden admin 'actively preventing' monoclonal antibody treatments |
| 2021-12-29 |
| [FoxNews] Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo accused the Biden administration of "actively preventing the effective distribution of monoclonal antibody treatments" in the United States, according to a Tuesday letter addressed to Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra. The Biden administration recently paused shipments of COVID-19 antibody treatments manufactured by major drug companies Regeneron and Eli Lilly amid claims that such treatments are not effective against the omicron variant of the coronavirus. The federal government continues to supply Sotrovimab, a monoclonal antibody from the company Glaxosmithkline, which reportedly does work against omicron. |
| Posted by:Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 |
| #2 MSM coverage of these events conveniently leaves out the fact that the recently discontinued monoclonal antibody treatments are still effective against non-Omicron variant illnesses but that in a given patient, it is not possible to determine which variant they have in time to choose which of several alternatives might work out best for a particular patient. The efficacy of the outmoded treatments is not zero, but is less than that of sotrovimab for the Omicron variant. In addition, as has happened before during the epidemic, a new variant has the tendency to displace a previous variant. Probably in 30 days the US will have >90% of all cases caused by the Omicron variant. |
| Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-12-29 15:27 |