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In reply to the discussion: Judge sides with Illinois hospital refusing to treat man with ivermectin [View all]stillcool
(34,407 posts)17. the attorney for the Mrs. declined
to comment if the man had been vaccinated. It's a creepy story, even without the worm references
The Aug. 23 order, which does not explain the judges reasoning, says Smith shall be administered 30 milligrams of ivermectin daily for 21 days. Smiths vaccination status is not mentioned in the lawsuit, and Jonathan Davidson, an attorney for Julie Smith, declined to comment to The Washington Post on whether the Ohio man has been vaccinated.
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After her husband was placed in a medically induced coma on Aug. 20, Julie Smith sought and was given a prescription of the drug by Fred Wagshul, an Ohio doctor who told the Capital Journal that the governments stance toward ivermectin amounts to genocide.
Wagshul backed off the word choice in an interview with The Post but falsely claimed that ivermectin has proved more effective at warding off the coronavirus than the vaccines, although he said he also recommended immunization. In an email later, a spokeswoman for Wagshuls practice said the doctor also believes that ivermectin is more effective against virus variants than the vaccines, given waning immunity and breakthrough infections.
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Among those who filed the lawsuit was Ralph Lorigo, the Erie County Conservative Party chairman who has sued successfully in Illinois and New York for similar orders to use ivermectin. Davidson said he believes Julie Smith read about Lorigos successful court actions, which resulted in her finding a physician in Wagshul who was willing to prescribe the drug. Attempts to reach Lorigo were unsuccessful.
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Judge sides with Illinois hospital refusing to treat man with ivermectin [View all]
Jim G.
Sep 2021
OP
It's for that republican traitor ailment, fascistitis, so she can intimidate and "own" the staff
louslobbs
Sep 2021
#21
It's sad that people are so desperate for their loved ones to live that they would try anything.
gldstwmn
Sep 2021
#15
If they want to prescribe their own course of treatment why go to a hospital at all?
gldstwmn
Sep 2021
#25