DeSantis Blasts Biden for Cutting Supply of Coronavirus Antibody Treatment: ‘Patients Are Going to Suffer’Hannah Bleau 16 Sep 2021
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday responded to the Biden administration’s decision to slash lifesaving coronavirus treatment to sick Americans as his feud with Republican governors heats up, vowing to “work like hell to get them the treatment” they need.
This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Biden administration revealed that it would slash lifesaving antibody treatment to states in pursuit of “equitable distribution,” despite the fact that Biden vowed last week to “increase the average pace of shipment across the country of free monoclonal antibody treatments by another 50 percent.”
But now, the administration views the demand in southern states as a problem and is slashing the supply.
“We are very, very concerned with the Biden administration and the HHS’s recent, abrupt, sudden announcement that they are going to dramatically cut the number of monoclonal antibodies that are going to be sent to the state of Florida,” DeSantis said, noting that early treatment of the virus must be part of the approach of addressing the pandemic, particularly as fall and winter surges in other parts of the country come.
DeSantis reminded reporters of Biden’s initial announcement last week to “increase” shipments by 50 percent. Yet days later, federal officials announced they were seizing control and would control distribution.
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