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Situation we have been in basically the entire pandemic. which is, the federal leadership has just failed to see the value in treating people and has treated this one track for managing the pandemic. and it does not work for everyone. sean: doctor, i know people that got the omicron variant and got regeneron and the eli lilly monoclonal they all swear to meet that it helped a lot. not one of them had any problems. not one of them needed hospitalization. nobody died. they got it early, as is advised by you and by the state of florida. have you found the same experience? dr. ladapo: that is a really important question and a partially because we actually don t have a valid scientific answer to that question. and we should have had wood before we made this before the fda, made that to pull it. ....
sean: there s excitement behind it? i thought they followed the science. dr. ladapo: [chuckles] there s a laboratory science. and we were aware of those studies. laboratory studies show a decreased affinity for the omicron variant. that is very important information. but ultimately, what we care about is whether that same laboratory finding translates into a patient finding. and we are studying that in florida. but it does, data out there and the federal leadership has not analyzed that data as far as i don t and that is really what you want to know. you want to know whether it actually it help patients anymore or helps patients a little bit, helps patients a look at more than that. such a basic question. sean: could week warp speed let s say if the gsk monoclonal s art more efficient let s say that is true, could we work speed the production? can we actually partner gsk and ....
Well, one step closer to being confirmed as florida s surgeon general, today lawmakers voted to recommend the doctor for the position. that came after democrats walked out of the hearing in protest. democrats grew frustrated with ladapo for unclear responses, didn t directly answer questions about his background and the state s response to the pandemicment our next guest, democratic florida state senator questioned dr. ladapo several times if vaccines worked against coronavirus as he skated around the question. the question is a scientific one, and it s one that is answered with data. just a yes or no. do vaccines work? as a scientist, you know, i i i i m compelled to answer the scientific question. scientifically, do vaccines does the do the vaccines work? yes or no questions are are not that that easy to find in science. um, so i will i understand ....
Eli lilly and regeneron because they have done such a phenomenal job and get the needed therapeutics to people went they need it, whether they have a big suitcase, whether they are fully vaccinated, boosters or still getting it? dr. ladapo: almost anything is possible with the right leadership. florida is a great example of that. the governor here this governor desantis has done things that no one else around the country has done and it is because of his leadership. so yeah, i think the answer to your question is, yes, with that right leadership. sean: i can t believe they are going this to the people of florida. let the governor run this. he never imagine monoclonal antibodies until the vaccine mandates beach and we never had a shortage before. all of a sudden, we have a shortage? and then we run out of tests, entities antivirals that everyone brags about they are not available to anybody? ....
Governor ron desantez to rail against the biden administration tuesday saying it would be reckless to take this option away from patients. dr. barnard ashby, welcome, so governor desantez who at last check is not a doctor, disagreed with the fda s decision but his pick for surgeon general is parroting the same talking points about this treatment. you say they re flat wrong. why? well, pleasure to be here, and it s a pleasure to have the opportunity to call out the contradictions here. and so ladapo who is the currently appointed surgeon general has a problem with following the science. so it s quite clear that the monoclonal antibodies that were removed do not bind to the spike protein of the sars corona 2 virus, that is obvious. that key doesn t fit that lock. ....