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Biden’s Operation Snail Speed on Covid Therapies - WSJ


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2022 Jan 22, 10:06pm   287 views  2 comments

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The Biden Administration on Tuesday ordered another 600,000 doses of GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology’s monoclonal antibody. Last week it increased its order of Pfizer’s antiviral Paxlovid by 10 million. Great, but these treatments will probably arrive after the Omicron Covid variant crests. Why didn’t it order more treatments sooner?
That’s an especially good question given that the stated purpose of Democrats’ $1.9 trillion spending bill last March was Covid relief. Yet less than 1% of the spending was allocated for therapies. About as much money was given last year to New York’s financially ailing transit system as the Administration spent procuring Covid therapies. The result: A persistent treatment shortage and countless preventable deaths.

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1   Patrick   2022 Jan 22, 11:40pm  

Biden’s Operation Snail Speed on Covid Therapies
Less than 1% of $1.9 trillion in last March’s relief cash went for treatments.
By The Editorial Board
Jan. 12, 2022 6:32 pm ET


Wow, I'm impressed with the WSJ for telling the truth.

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