{"id":1173119,"date":"2021-12-30T16:34:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T21:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1173119"},"modified":"2021-12-30T16:34:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T21:34:28","slug":"rand-paul-unconscionable-that-biden-administration-withholding-lifesaving-coronavirus-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-unconscionable-that-biden-administration-withholding-lifesaving-coronavirus-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul: &#039;Unconscionable&#039; that Biden Administration Withholding Lifesaving Coronavirus Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frand-paul-unconscionable-that-biden-administration-withholding-lifesaving-coronavirus-treatment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1173119&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Thursday blasted the Biden administration for withholding lifesaving coronavirus treatment from those who need it, deeming it \u201cunconscionable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/30\/joe-biden-denies-monoclonal-antibody-treatments-as-states-experience-shortages\/\">sent<\/a> a pointed letter to&nbsp;Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, questioning the Biden administration\u2019s decision to withhold lifesaving coronavirus treatment from states such as Florida. In recent months, the DeSantis administration has blitzed the state with monoclonal antibody treatments, only to have the Biden administration slash&nbsp;the supply to the state, originally attributing the decision to its<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;newfound&nbsp;priority of \u201cequitable distribution.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18410490\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/10\/USATSI_16991601.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18410490 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/USATSI_16991601-1024x742-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"742\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo. (Governor Desantis Titusville Press Conference)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to Ladapo, \u201cthe lack of allocation of this life- saving treatment from the federal government continues to cause another immediate and life- threatening shortage of treatment options to the State of Florida as the Omicron variant spreads throughout the state\u201d:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>While administration of monoclonal antibody therapy treatments in Florida is shifting back to the private health care sector, and there is growing evidence that some treatment options may not be as effective against the Omicron variant, the federal agencies under your control should not limit our state\u2019s access to any available treatments for COVID-19. Florida can expand treatment options for patients by distributing therapeutics to providers working in areas with a low prevalence of Omicron or clinics capable of variant screening.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_19311098\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1235603362.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19311098 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1235603362-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 30:  Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra listens to question from Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during Covid-19 at Capitol Hill on September 30, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Greg Nash- Pool\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra listens to question from Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during Covid-19 at Capitol Hill on September 30, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Greg Nash\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe federal government is actively preventing the effective distribution of monoclonal antibody treatments in the U.S.,\u201d he said, explaining that the \u201csudden suspension of multiple monoclonal antibody therapy treatments from distribution to Florida removes a health care provider\u2019s ability to decide the best treatment options for their patients in their state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis shortsightedness is essentially evident given that the federal government efficiently prohibited states from purchasing these monoclonal antibodies and serving their populations directly,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Sen. Paul said he is hearing doctors in Louisiana express the same concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHearing the same thing from doctors treating COVID in Louisiana \u2014 Biden admin has cancelled monoclonal antibody shipments with no replacement antibodies available. Unconscionable,\u201d Paul remarked:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hearing the same thing from doctors treating COVID in Louisiana \u2014 Biden admin has cancelled monoclonal antibody shipments with no replacement antibodies available. Unconscionable. <\/p>\n<p>Biden Administration Actively Preventing One Important Covid-19 Treatment <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BajxcPKtbw\">https:\/\/t.co\/BajxcPKtbw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandPaul\/status\/1476400178466803712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The remarks follow the Biden administration\u2019s decision to&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-pauses-allocation-regeneron-lilly-covid-19-antibodies-2021-12-23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">pause<\/a> shipments of the Regeneron and Eli Lilly <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wishtv.com\/news\/inside-indiana-business\/lillys-covid-antibody-therapies-paused\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">treatments<\/a> over concerns regarding their effectiveness against the omicron variant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Thursday blasted the Biden administration for withholding lifesaving coronavirus treatment from those who need it, deeming it \u201cunconscionable.\u201d On Tuesday, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1173119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1173119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1173119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}