White House to direct supply of COVID drug amid access fears

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to head off another chaotic scramble for scarce supplies, the White House said Friday it will step in to help coordinate distribution of the first drug that appears to help some COVID-19 patients recover faster.

Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters that Dr. Deborah Birx, a member of White House Coronavirus Task Force, will become one of the chief consultants on where the intravenous medication remdesivir will be distributed.

Alarm is growing in the medical community about access to the drug, which was cleared for emergency use last week by the Food and Drug Administration.

Birx is “the person who’s constantly reviewing the numbers, constantly reviewing the data,” McEnany said. “And she really has the best grasp as to how that should be distributed.” McEnany provided no additional detail.

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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
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Read more: https://apnews.com/f0f990bf6d49595b24c191e4207c09f7

[RKP5637]

1. Just keep Kushner, tRump and company outta the picture! n/t

[riversedge]

17. oh, they--Kushner and trump will be in any major decisions. you can bet on that.

[Newest Reality]

2. Translate:

They will be doing their best to both mess it up for common access and make sure it gets to chosen and favored targets.

Birx is “the person who’s constantly reviewing the numbers, constantly reviewing the data,” McEnany said. “And she really has the best grasp as to how that should be distributed.” McEnany provided no additional detail.

I would like to add one, additional detail that was omitted: "And she really has the best grasp as to how that should be distributed...as per the instructions and restrictions demanded by her Bulbous Boss realty TV star playing a titular head."

Fixed. That's what happens when you can provide, "no additional detail." McEnany, better get on that or we wil be left filling in the glaring omissions based on consistent performance and mostly lack thereof.

[ancianita]

6. Exactly.

[global1]

3. Birx Is Not Going To Make Those Decisions.....

she's just the front person. Trump thinks she still has some credibility - so he's wanting it to look like she will be making those decisions - so people will stay off his and Kushner's back.

[EndlessWire]

20. I agree. n/t

[yankee87]

4. Confidence?

Is this the same regime that takes no responsibility? I have zero confidence in this criminal enterprise.

[C Moon]

5. This is what is going to happen when a vaccine appears, mark my word.

That is, if he's still president.

He wants to make sure the well-to-do and Republicans get the first of everything.

[EndlessWire]

21. ALL of everything... n/t

[JI7]

22. He wants to make sure HE gets a cut of profits

[C Moon]

23. Yeah, maybe. But I think the jackass is more focused on cheating a win in November.

[dixiegrrrrl]

24. He can and is doing both.

His goal is to control the virus impact messages, to minimize them, so that he will appear more electable.
Another goal is to attack Obama in the hope that it gets more attention than any bad news about virus.
And sure enough, the attack Obama stories are in the news today.

[C Moon]

25. ...

[abqtommy]

7. We all know that for tRUMP the quid pro quo is the way to go...

[DENVERPOPS]

8. It's no big deal, people.........

At best, all it does is help with "Lessening" the symptoms for three days out of the 10-14 day course of the sickness.

Of course, that is, if you don't happen to die during the 10-14 day course of the sickness.......NOT LOL

[yaesu]

9. meaning never tRumpers will never see it. nt

[Jarqui]

10. So it is only available to red and battleground states with

GOP Governors doing Trump's bidding to bury the virus data ...

[stillcool]

11. I was hoping it was Boritz, or the Onion..

but no, it's the White House telegraphing a theft.

[Hotler]

12. Well that is mighty white of them.

I wish all of them would stop washing their hands.

[keithbvadu2]

13. In exchange for a favor.

[iemitsu]

14. Actually, White House control of anything

we might need is what we fear most.

[Talitha]

15. Yeah they'll hoard a bunch of it, give some to their big money friends,

ship some to his overseas heart-throbs and then if there's any left, we might get a crack at it after big pharma decides how much to gouge us for it.

TBH I wouldn't trust any of them to babysit my pet rock, let alone "step in to help coordinate distribution of the first drug that appears to help".

In the meantime, keep checking candid photos of shitler... we'll eventually get a peek of his stash. Remember the other stuff we saw? It was in an open drawer behind him. Might have been Adderal or Sudafed - something like that.

[machoneman]

16. Actually all this really means is we are totatly eff'ed to the 10th degree!

[BadgerKid]

18. Cough competitive bidding cough

[flamingdem]

19. Only available to repugs and evangelicals like Birx

They don't really want the Rapture after all.