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Monoclonal antibody sites throughout Florida ordered closed
Monoclonal antibody sites throughout Florida ordered closed by the FDA
UPDATED 7:33 AM ET Jan. 25, 2022 PUBLISHED 10:43 PM ET Jan. 24, 2022
STATEWIDE — Monoclonal antibody sites throughout Florida will be closed after the FDA removed treatment authorization for the Regeneron and Eli Lilly monoclonal antibody treatments, according to a statement from the Florida Department of Health.
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A release from Gov. Ron DeSantis' office condemned the move, accusing the Biden administration's "haphazard decision to revoke authorization of lifesaving monoclonal antibody treatments".

The governor is demanding the Biden administration reverse the decision, saying that is will prevent access to lifesaving treatments for Floridians.
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And the state’s surgeon general also spoke out against the FDA decision.

“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 Florida 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.'”
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Monoclonal antibody sites throughout Florida ordered closed
Monoclonal antibody sites throughout Florida ordered closed by the FDA
UPDATED 7:33 AM ET Jan. 25, 2022 PUBLISHED 10:43 PM ET Jan. 24, 2022
STATEWIDE — Monoclonal antibody sites throughout Florida will be closed after the FDA removed treatment authorization for the Regeneron and Eli Lilly monoclonal antibody treatments, according to a statement from the Florida Department of Health.
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A release from Gov. Ron DeSantis' office condemned the move, accusing the Biden administration's "haphazard decision to revoke authorization of lifesaving monoclonal antibody treatments".

The governor is demanding the Biden administration reverse the decision, saying that is will prevent access to lifesaving treatments for Floridians.
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And the state’s surgeon general also spoke out against the FDA decision.

“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 Florida 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.'”
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Too bad the FDA had to step in and stop the state from using those now useless MAB--- DeSantis is making this political when it is not. It has been shown scientifically that these MABs do not work against Omicron. It is true however, that the government has failed to provide the US with adequate outpatient treatment options for Covid such as the most recent MAB (name I cannot recall)-- It is unconscionable that this treatment, that has been proven to work against Omicron, is not available in an adequate supply to our hospitals and medical systems. Sometimes I feel like I am living in a third world country, the way this pandemic has been handled by our government.
 
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Limits Use of Certain Monoclonal Antibodies to Treat COVID-19 Due to the Omicron Variant

FDA STATEMENT
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Limits Use of Certain Monoclonal Antibodies to Treat COVID-19 Due to the Omicron Variant

For Immediate Release: January 24, 2022
Statement From: Patrizia Cavazzoni, M.D.
Director - Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

As we have throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has used the best available science as the virus has evolved to make informed decisions with the health and safety of the American public in mind. Ensuring that healthcare providers on the frontlines have the best tools available to treat patients is a top priority for the agency.

In light of the most recent information and data available, today, the FDA revised the authorizations for two monoclonal antibody treatments – bamlanivimab and etesevimab (administered together) and REGEN-COV (casirivimab and imdevimab) – to limit their use to only when the patient is likely to have been infected with or exposed to a variant that is susceptible to these treatments.

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.

Monoclonal antibodies are laboratory-made proteins that mimic the immune system’s ability to fight off harmful pathogens such as viruses, like SARS-CoV-2. And like other infectious organisms, SARS-CoV-2 can mutate over time, resulting in certain treatments not working against certain variants such as omicron. This is the case with these two treatments for which we’re making changes today.

Based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is estimated to account for more than 99% of cases in the United States as of Jan. 15. Therefore, it’s highly unlikely that COVID-19 patients seeking care in the U.S. at this time are infected with a variant other than omicron, and these treatments are not authorized to be used at this time. This avoids exposing patients to side effects, such as injection site reactions or allergic reactions, which can be potentially serious, from specific treatment agents that are not expected to provide benefit to patients who have been infected with or exposed to the omicron variant.
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Florida says healthy kids shouldn’t get COVID vaccine, contradicting CDC
Florida says healthy kids shouldn’t get COVID vaccine, contradicting CDC
State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced the recommendation Monday during a panel convened by the governor.
March 7, 2022
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Health is poised to officially recommend against giving coronavirus vaccines to healthy children.

Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo made the pronouncement at a Monday roundtable discussion on coronavirus mitigations policies moderated by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Ladapo, who leads Florida’s Department of Health, said his department’s recommendation would be the first of its kind in the country.
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Although older people are far more likely to die from the virus than children, the CDC website notes COVID-19 is one of the top 10 causes of death for children aged 5 to 11.

More than 804,000 Florida children younger than 16 have contracted the coronavirus, according to Florida Department of Health data. Forty-two of those children died. About 373,000 Florida children ages five to 11 have gotten at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine. That’s about 22 percent of the state’s five to 11 population.
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Ladapo and the other panelists on Monday derided the experts and government officials that have pushed for vaccine mandates and closures, even in the early days of the pandemic.

“I still remember very clearly when people were telling us, including a lot of people with a lot of degrees (who) were telling us, ‘15 days to stop the spread,’ ” Ladapo said, referencing the Trump administration’s campaign in March 2020 encouraging people who were medically vulnerable or who felt sick to stay home to combat the coronavirus. “These people had no idea what they were talking about.”
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