Federal Government Backlog as States Seek Monoclonal Antibody Treatment

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo is making public his complaint to H.H.S. Secretary Xavier Becerra: “The 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,” Ladapo wrote in his letter (MiamiHerald). 

Texas has completely run out of monoclonal antibodies: On Monday, the Texas Department of State Health Services announced that its regional infusion centers in Austin, El Paso, Fort Worth, San Antonio and The Woodlands have run out of the monoclonal antibody sotrovimab…. The state does not expect to receive another shipment of sotrovimab from the federal government until January (AustinAmericanStatesman).