Psaki Shares Inaccurate Information About COVID After Hectoring Newsmax Reporter for Asking ‘Inaccurate’ Question By Debra Heine for American Greatness
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday denied that that the Biden Regime was punishing red states by slashing their supplies of Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody treatments, haughtily telling Newsmax reporter Emerald Robinson that the claim was “inaccurate.” However, in her answer, the press secretary made a few inaccurate assertions herself.
Two months ago, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was castigated by Democrats for promoting the monoclonal antibodies to treat patients with COVID-19. Initially, they argued that the treatments didn’t work. Eventually, they admitted that the therapy did work, but was “not the path out of the pandemic.”
Now, even the governor’s biggest detractors have had to admit that the treatments have been highly successful at fighting the virus.
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According to the Washington Post, the Regime is now seeking to “stave off shortages” of the drug by “purchasing 1.4 million additional doses,” tasking the Department of Health and Human Services with setting the rules for distribution rather than “allowing states, medical facilities and doctors to order them directly.”
DeSantis said Thursday that his state has since seen “a dramatic reduction” in the treatments.
“We are facing a massive cut in antibody treatments. Abruptly,” the governor said during a Fort Lauderdale press conference with healthcare providers. The governor announced that he would be buying the treatments directly from the British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), circumventing the HHS process.
Florida’s @GovRonDeSantis confirming this– saying today he will seek to buy monoclonal therapies directly from GSK, circumventing the HHS process. pic.twitter.com/YX8MKBxAEd
— Forrest Saunders (@FBSaunders) September 16, 2021
During the White House Press briefing, Robinson pressed Psaki on this issue.
“He [Joe Biden] said on September 9 that he was going to send 50 percent more supply of monoclonal antibodies to states, yet the Biden administration is cutting supplies from red states by 50 percent,” Robinson said, pointing out that Florida was expecting to get 70,000 doses this week, and are now only getting 30,000.