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stillcool

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17. the attorney for the Mrs. declined
Wed Sep 1, 2021, 05:48 PM
Sep 2021

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 judge’s reasoning, says Smith shall be administered 30 milligrams of ivermectin daily for 21 days. Smith’s 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 government’s 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 Wagshul’s 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 Lorigo’s 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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Common sense prevails! SheltieLover Sep 2021 #1
discharge the patient. there are other places to get treatment nt msongs Sep 2021 #2
Right? Maybe the doctor can treat him at home. gldstwmn Sep 2021 #4
Does he have a vent at home? LisaL Sep 2021 #6
Why would he need one if he has dewormer? intheflow Sep 2021 #20
Dewormer is not going to keep his heart beating. LisaL Sep 2021 #22
Sorry, smiley faux pas. intheflow Sep 2021 #23
Hmm. Patient is on the ventilator. LisaL Sep 2021 #5
he doesnt want the treatment offered. his body his choice nt msongs Sep 2021 #11
Unless he wants an abortion in Texas in which case gldstwmn Sep 2021 #13
Well, he is attached to the vent so we don't know what he wants. LisaL Sep 2021 #14
It's for that republican traitor ailment, fascistitis, so she can intimidate and "own" the staff louslobbs Sep 2021 #21
That's the point. gldstwmn Sep 2021 #12
Someone needs to take a good, long look at doctors gldstwmn Sep 2021 #3
And then revoke their freaking licenses? (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Sep 2021 #7
That should be the least of it. gldstwmn Sep 2021 #8
wow...I thought it was the same case... stillcool Sep 2021 #9
It's sad that people are so desperate for their loved ones to live that they would try anything. gldstwmn Sep 2021 #15
The guy in Illinois? LisaL Sep 2021 #16
the attorney for the Mrs. declined stillcool Sep 2021 #17
That's the guy in OH. LisaL Sep 2021 #18
did I respond to the wrong post? stillcool Sep 2021 #19
If they want to prescribe their own course of treatment why go to a hospital at all? gldstwmn Sep 2021 #25
I think it's the right-wing doctors stillcool Sep 2021 #26
And you know that woman's lawyer gldstwmn Sep 2021 #29
Since when do patients get to order their doctors frazzled Sep 2021 #24
I've heard of doctors stillcool Sep 2021 #27
Seems like if they want ivermectin, it should be only ivermectin. Wouldn't that work well brewens Sep 2021 #10
There's money to be made running a quack hospital. Turbineguy Sep 2021 #28
Better yet, it could support Soylent Green production... Wounded Bear Sep 2021 #30
Non-standard care with off-use medications should be a liability issue bucolic_frolic Sep 2021 #31
Send him home to take Invermectin and sit in an Orgone box AdamGG Sep 2021 #32
I want some of whatever that judge in Ohio is taking. BobTheSubgenius Sep 2021 #33
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