{"id":87086,"date":"2021-09-30T14:39:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T18:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=87086"},"modified":"2021-09-30T16:55:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T20:55:32","slug":"that-two-states-had-to-secure-supplies-of-monoclonal-antibodies-as-covid-treatments-to-overcome-bidens-illicit-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=87086","title":{"rendered":"That Two States Had to Secure Supplies of Monoclonal Antibodies as Covid Treatments to Overcome Biden&#8217;s Illicit Limits is Quite Outrageous"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Texas Acquires COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibodies, Bypassing Biden HHS Limits: Governor<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Jack Phillips<br \/>\nThe Epoch Times<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-texas\">Texas<\/a>\u00a0Gov.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-greg-abbott\">Greg Abbott<\/a>\u00a0on Monday announced his state has obtained its own supply of\u00a0monoclonal antibodies, a type of treatment for COVID-19, in a move that bypasses the Biden administration\u2019s limits.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cTexas has obtained its own separate allocation of these monoclonal antibody treatments working around the limitations that President Biden has put on us so that we will be able to ensure that anybody in the state of Texas that wants access to these special treatments, that they will be able to get it,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>Abbott, a Republican,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1442583759275102210\">said\u00a0<\/a>during an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1442879549692338191\">interview<\/a>\u00a0with radio host Dana Loesch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\">\n<aside id=\"in-content-video\" class=\"Advert_verticallySpaced__wnPy3\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>The governor also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1442583759275102210\">wrote on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0that Texans who get the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/giving-the-right-name-to-the-virus-causing-a-worldwide-pandemic-2_3277200.html\">CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus<\/a>\u00a0and get a referral from a doctor are eligible for\u00a0monoclonal antibody treatment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/monoclonal-antibody-infusion--700x420.jpg?itok=JbQar8zT\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/monoclonal-antibody-infusion--700x420.jpg?itok=JbQar8zT\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/monoclonal-antibody-infusion--700x420.jpg?itok=JbQar8zT\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"c9d27627-0f4b-4cb7-9441-78bb2280564b\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phe.gov\/emergency\/events\/COVID19\/investigation-MCM\/Bamlanivimab-etesevimab\/Pages\/Update-13Sept21.aspx\">moved<\/a>\u00a0to ration COVID-19 treatment via\u00a0monoclonal antibodies. Monoclonal antibodies distribution sites previously could order the treatment directly from manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The federal government-directed change now requires states to use HHS as a middleman to obtain the antibody treatments and places caps on how many each state can obtain.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Texas Department of State Health Services told news outlets this week that it obtained some 4,700 doses from drug manufacturer\u00a0GlaxoSmithKline. The Epoch Times has contacted the agency for comment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previously, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/2021\/09\/23\/governor-desantis-calls-for-biden-administration-to-restore-monoclonal-antibody-supply-to-florida\/\">announced<\/a>\u00a0he ordered thousands of doses of the treatment from\u00a0GlaxoSmithKline after HHS\u2019s rule change.\u00a0<\/strong>The governor then called on the Biden administration to restore Florida\u2019s supply of the drug.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe should be doing everything we can to get patients monoclonal antibody treatments, not cutting allocations of treatment like the Biden Administration has done,\u201d he said in a statement issued last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the cuts by the federal government, we want any Floridians that could benefit from this treatment to have access to it. Florida is going to leave no stone unturned when finding treatment for our state, and we are encouraged to have secured a shipment of monoclonal antibody treatments from GlaxoSmithKline.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) proposed legislation that would prevent HHS from creating rules to block\u00a0health care providers and hospitals from purchasing monoclonal antibody treatments.<\/p>\n<p>But\u00a0the White House said that the change is necessary to make sure states all across the country get access to the treatment.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cJust seven states are making up 70 percent of the orders. Our supply is not unlimited, and we believe it should be equitable across states across the country,\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said earlier in September.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/texas-acquires-covid-19-monoclonal-antibodies-bypassing-biden-hhs-limits-governor_4023111.html\">https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/texas-acquires-covid-19-monoclonal-antibodies-bypassing-biden-hhs-limits-governor_4023111.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Acquires COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibodies, Bypassing Biden HHS Limits: Governor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}