DeSantis Attacks FDA For Stopping Useless Treatment

Florida Politics reports:

Gov. Ron DeSantis is condemning President Joe Biden’s administration for cutting off the federal supply of monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now revoked its emergency use authorization for monoclonal antibody therapies created by Regeneron and Eli Lilly, calling it unlikely the drugs could treat the omicron variant of COVID-19.

“Without a shred of clinical data to support this action, Biden has forced trained medical professionals to choose between treating their patients or breaking the law,” DeSantis said in a statement late Monday.

ABC News reports:



DeSantis has been one of the most outspoken proponents of antibody treatments, especially the cocktail from Regeneron that was given to former President Trump.

The treatments were highly effective at keeping people out of the hospital who were infected with the original strain of the coronavirus, as well as the delta variant, but studies in labs have shown they do not work against omicron.

According to the CDC, more than 99 percent of infections nationwide are from omicron.