Lawsuits Demanding Ivermectin Keep Coming.
Patients from around the country keep trying to force hospitals to prescribe ivermectin. (AP News)
“Mask rules, vaccination mandates and business shutdowns have all landed in the courts during the COVID-19 outbreak, confronting judges with questions of science and government authority. Now they are increasingly being asked to weigh in on the deworming drug ivermectin.
At least two dozen lawsuits have been filed around the U.S., many in recent weeks, by people seeking to force hospitals to give their COVID-stricken loved ones ivermectin, a drug for parasites that has been promoted by conservative commentators as a treatment despite a lack of conclusive evidence that it helps people with the virus.”
Hospitals have an obligation to provide their patients approved drug regimens that are proven cure diseases. Covid conspiracies are not worthy of precious few healthcare resources and should be discarded. That is not to say a drug should not be tested and put to peer review if it shows promising signs of curing a disease. Absent a thorough vetting, however, a hospital should not be required to administer these drugs.
