Thought it was hard to find monoclonal antibodies before? Well, it's about to get harder.
@HHSGov just announced that rather than take orders from hospitals they will allocate to states based on hospitalization rates and have the states distribute them.
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@HHSGov just announced that rather than take orders from hospitals they will allocate to states based on hospitalization rates and have the states distribute them.
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This system will reward the states with the lowest vaccination rates and harm those with the highest.
Ex: NY has high vax rate and low hospitalization rate. NY will receive 4000 doses weekly. How will they be given out?
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Ex: NY has high vax rate and low hospitalization rate. NY will receive 4000 doses weekly. How will they be given out?
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If they are distributed to each participating hospital no one will provide the therapeutic. It is too costly to set up an infusion center if you only have 10 doses to give out weekly.
Who is harmed?
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Who is harmed?
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Anyone with a post-vaccination infection and those exposed / immunocompromised
Rather than use the power of a centralized distribution center (@HHSGov) we are now adding in 50 more layers of bureaucracy (every state's health system)
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Rather than use the power of a centralized distribution center (@HHSGov) we are now adding in 50 more layers of bureaucracy (every state's health system)
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Hot take: Bring back Operation Warp Speed.
It worked.
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It worked.
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