Gov. Abbott Bypasses Biden On Lifesaving Antibody Care, Obtains Doses For Texas Outside Of Ration

[PeteS in CA]

Gov. Abbott Bypasses Biden On Lifesaving Antibody Care, Obtains Doses For Texas Outside Of Ration

https://www.dailywire.com/news/gov-abbott-bypasses-biden-on-lifesaving-antibody-care-obtains-doses-for-texas-outside-of-ration

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced Monday that he has obtained doses of lifesaving antibody treatment on his own, bypassing President Joe Biden’s move to take control of the care and ration doses as he sees fit.

“EXCLUSIVE: [Gov. Greg Abbott] says Texas is bypassing Biden admin’s restriction on monoclonal antibody treatments by procuring them direct from the provider,” radio host Dana Loesch posted Monday afternoon.

Austin Bureau chief for The Dallas Morning News Bob Garrett detailed, “[Gov. Greg Abbott] says Texas has obtained its own supply of Regeneron, despite roadblocks from Biden administration, from drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen. State purchasing directly, Abbott tells [Dana Loesch]. ‘Consider this treatment,’ he tells people testing + for #COVID19.”

My, my. Gov. DeSantis has managed to buy Regeneron mab doses directly (and, IIRC, also both Eli Lilly's and GlaxoSmithKline's mab treatments). Now Gov. Abbott has managed to do the same.

In other words, either the Feds are not short of Regeneron mab treatment doses, or they are because LIEden & Krew failed to buy in a timely manner. Having perused Regeneron's, Eli Lilly's, and GlaxoSmithKline's press releases, I think the latter is correct. LIEden & Krew F'ed up.

[Wingnut]

Following the DeSantis playbook to screw Biden befor Biden screws TX 

[Fishrrman]

The fed/coms are going to strike back on this.
I predict that they're trying to formulate an approach for doing so right now...

[PeteS in CA]

The fed/coms are going to strike back on this.
I predict that they're trying to formulate an approach for doing so right now...

I dunno. The rationing scheme LIEden used to bleep over FL and TX was to distribute based on states' populations rather than actual need, sending mab doses to states with lesser need. It was a politicized maneuver, but LIEden could hide behind the scheme being "equitable". Actually moving to prevent TX and/or FL from making their own purchases would be an openly political move.

LIEden should be smarter than that, but I've done a really lousy job of late in over-estimating the political wisdom and intelligence of Dem pols. LIEden may really be that kind of stupid.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Following the DeSantis playbook to screw Biden befor Biden screws TX

[libertybele]

Following the DeSantis playbook to screw Biden befor Biden screws TX

What are the rest of the red state governors doing and what are they waiting for?  They should all be working together.

[PeteS in CA]

What are the rest of the red state governors doing and what are they waiting for?  They should all be working together.

Good point. Whether or not the other red states are being bleeped over by LIEden's new rationing scheme, they need to be prepared in advance to bypass it. And as more mab treatments come on the market (currently, Regeneron, Eli Lilly, and GlaxoSmithKline have authorized treatments, and AstraZeneca has a mab treatment well advanced in testing), rationing-bypass will only get easier.