Posted on Facebook, o Elias Mosialos responds to the allegations made against it concerning the disposal of monoclonal antibodies to coronavirus.
The LCE professor points out in his post that given that we have certain amounts of monoclonal drugs available, they should be given priority to those who really need them: Cancer patients, transplant recipients, our compatriots who are really vulnerable.
“If we are to protect some of the effects of the pandemic, they will be those who did not have an adequate level of immunoprotection after the vaccinations,” he said.
Mr. Mosialos also points out that a benevolent state must first and foremost protect the really vulnerable and weak and emphasizes that “I believe that this must be the attitude of the left. Not the caressing of the ears of the vaccinators and the creation of vague impressions that citizens are excluded from access to monoclonal drugs “.
The post made by Elias Mosialos in detail
The pandemic has a tragic cost on human lives. So far, more than 4.5 million people have died worldwide. Most of them were people with underlying diseases.
Those who are immunosuppressed or suffer from serious illnesses have found their lives to be more compressed.
We are talking about people who already had serious health problems. We are talking about people whose illness unfortunately limited their activities.
We are talking about people who were just unlucky, who most of the time did not cause their illness.
To these existing problems in the lives of these people was added a threatening pandemic. We know that mortality in those who have serious health problems is many times higher than in those who do not.
And those who have health problems are already repeatedly excluded from many social events. Many have lost a significant portion of their income because they cannot participate equally in the labor market.
At the same time, these people are afraid, they live in constant uncertainty about the future of their health in the conditions of the pandemic.
I was asked the day before yesterday on a TV show about monoclonal antibodies. Monoclonal antibodies can reduce hospital admissions, but we do not have enough to make them available to the general population. And we will not have them in the coming months. Therefore, if we are to protect some of the effects of the pandemic, they will be those who did not have an adequate level of immunoprotection after vaccinations.
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This is not something I say: the companies that produce them say it themselves because – at least for the time being – they do not have the possibility of mass production. So if we take small amounts of monoclonal to whom should we give them?
To those who have the ability to get the vaccine and do not, or to those who belong to the vulnerable groups who got the vaccine but did not develop antibodies and are therefore unprotected?
In my answer I stressed that there is NO dilemma.
Why; Because vaccinators are NOT victims. They are lucky enough to live in a country that provides them with the vaccine, and they also have the option of getting the vaccine to protect themselves.
The victim is not the vaccinator who undermines the collective effort of our country, or of any country, to get out of the pandemic.
The victims are those who were unlucky and suffer from serious diseases and unfortunately are not covered by vaccines.
Therefore, given that we have certain amounts of monoclonal available, they should be given priority to those who really need them. To cancer patients, to transplant recipients, to our compatriots who are really vulnerable.
Unfortunately there are NOT quantities for everyone. I wish they existed. Therefore, if they do NOT exist, it is lawful and ethical to set priorities. And a prosperous state must first and foremost protect the truly vulnerable and weak.
I believe that this should be done and I believe that this should be the attitude of the left. Not caressing the ears of vaccinators and creating vague impressions that citizens are excluded from access to monoclonal.
NO one is excluded. Unfortunately the quantities are small. And the left position demands that they be given to those who really need them: to the really vulnerable.
We have heard a lot in the last few months about drugs that cause harm to those who take them, such as ivermectin. Drugs that are presented as solutions, not only by Trump supporters but also by self-proclaimed leftists in our country.
Left means social justice. And social justice means that when we do NOT have a good – in this case a medicine – in abundance, then we give it to those who are vulnerable. Any other logic is extreme individualism. “Nothing more – nothing less.”
See the post made by Elias Mosialos
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