Texas HHS monoclonal antibody criteria denies treatment to healthy Covid-positive white people under 65

Some hospitals across the country appear to be automatically granting monoclonal antibody treatments to patients of certain races while simultaneously denying them to patients of other races.

Take the MacArthur Medical Center in Irving, Texas.

Its website states that “Latin X or Black” patients automatically qualify for monoclonal antibody treatments. Others, such as those who are white, must instead qualify via other means — e.g., by being obese, by having heart disease, by being 65 or older, etc.