Protesters gather in support of Norfolk doctor suing to use ivermectin in treating COVID-19
Posted on 11/19/2021 8:56:20 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Dr. Paul Marik of Eastern Virginia Medical School has filed a lawsuit against Sentara Healthcare in Virginia after the hospital banned him from prescribing ivermectin as treatment for COVID. Dr. Marik, who is also a founding member of the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care (FLCCC) Alliance, serves as Sentara Norfolk General Hospital's ICU director. He was met by supporters in Norfolk, Virginia when he arrived at the courthouse.
According to WND, Dr. Marik appeared in court on Thursday to request for a temporary order to allow him to prescribe ivermectin for COVID while his case progresses. His supporters outside the courthouse chanted his name and held signs, including one that told of how a husband was in the ICU and was denied ivermectin treatment. The doctor appeared before the crowd with his hand over his heart to show gratitude to those who came out to support him.
"Can you understand the toll that that takes that I have young patients - young patients in the 30s and 40s, who I had to watch die - while the hospital prevented me from giving them the treatment I thought was in their best interest?" Dr. Marik told WTKR-TV. "I think it's criminal. It's immoral, and it's illegal."
In the lawsuit, Dr. Marik argued that hospitalized patients have the right to choose what treatment they receive under the Virginia's Advanced Directive statute, just as long as the doctor deems it appropriate. The doctor's complaint argued that the statute does not say "as determined by the hospital," but instead says "as determined by (their) attending physician."
Furthermore, Dr. Marik argued that "this is not ivermectin," but instead is "about the bedside doctor being able to do what doctors have been doing for decades," which is to "decide what is the best treatment for their patients." He remarked that doctors "alone are responsible for the patient and the treatment of the patient," WAVY-TV reported.
Sentara Healthcare, meanwhile, stated that it "follows evidenced-based protocols as recommended by trusted agencies including CDC, NIH, and FDA," all of which "do not recommend the use of Ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19 due to a lack of evidence regarding its safety and efficacy."
Meanwhile, on the same day that Dr. Marik filed a lawsuit against Sentara Healthcare, the Journal of Intensive Care Medicine (JICM) retracted an article that the doctor co-wrote on this MATH+ Hospital Treatment Protocol for COVID-19, which includes ivermectin, Medpage Today reported. The retraction notice identified communication it received from Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, which raised concerns over the "accuracy of COVID-19 hospital mortality data reported in the article pertaining to Sentara."
Dr. Marik is not the only doctor and proponent of ivermectin who is being discriminated against by hospital systems. In Texas, the Houston Methodist Hospital suspended Dr. Mary Bowden for "using her social media accounts to express her personal and political opinions about the COVID-19 vaccine and treatments," NBC News reported.
The hospital suspended the privileges of Dr. Bowden, who is an ear, nose and throat doctor at the facility. Her suspension meant that she no longer can admit or treat patients at the hospital while the investigation takes place. In her Twitter account, Dr. Bowden promoted ivermectin as a COVID treatment.
On November 10, Dr. Bowden shared, "Ivermectin might not be as deadly as everyone said it was. Speak up!"
Ping for your interest
The FDA, CDC and other bureaucraps respond protecting the Emergency Use approval of the Covid gene therapy.
If they admit there is another readily available treatment, they loose the approval.
And Billions an Billions of Dollars profit.
Plus what they get from the Great Reset bribes.
It is Time to End this #ComDem Insanity!
The discovery phase will be devastating for the defendant(s), who will soon find that the quickest of settlements may be the only outcome that permits it to escape this dispute with even a moderately-sized fraction of its business and professional reputation intact.
Sentara Healthcare, meanwhile, stated that it “follows evidenced-based protocols as recommended by trusted agencies including CDC, NIH, and FDA,” all of which “do not recommend the use of Ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19 due to a lack of evidence regarding its safety and efficacy.”
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SNORT. “Trusted Agencies”???? That’s like trusting a serial killer to keep you alive.
There is NO question about it’s safety. It’s one of the safest drugs there is. It sure as heck is a lot safer than Remdesivir.
And if a patient and doctor wants to try it, why not? If nothing else maybe a placebo effect would help the patient. And if these Doctors are correct, then it’s criminal to be denying the right to try it.
I hope this Doctor’s lawyer is really really good.
What is the evidence base for the “evidenced-based protocol” of deny care, remdesivir, ventilate? Has it ever been reviewed as critically as the efforts to actually treat covid?
Despite being extremely invasive and the chronic whining about how expensive and resource-intensive it is, it seems to have just slipped in with the Chinese fear porn at the start of last year and become an unquestionable “treatment protocol”.
Ping
The PREP Act has a lot yo do with it.
No liability protection for healthcare providers unless they stick to Deep State’s list of covered countermeasures.
Ivermectin is not on that list.
That made it easy for health systems to deny their practioners its use.
And made it easy for practitioners to do what they were told.
We now have de facto NHS.
Clap for carers!
Here’s an actual ICU expert who wants to use IVM. Where are all of our resident FRoctors? They should be defending this man. Instead, they have a lip lock on Fauci &c.
51, male, maybe 15 pounds overweight, past smoker and no other comorbidities.
Friday November 19 between 1 and 2 pm: At work, dry throat initially followed very-very quickly by a cough.
4:30 PM: Take a Dr. Zelenko “Z-Stack” pill (Zinc, quercetin, vit C and vit D) which I had in my vehicle.
6 PM: Start to experience mild congestion like a mild cold.
8 PM, Home: Take 12 mg ivermectin, 50 mg zinc and 50 mcg vit D. Feel noticeably better in just 30 minutes. (First time I take ivermectin. From Indiaoff script -btw.)
November 20 AM: As a precaution take 12 mg ivermectin, 50 mg zinc and 50 mcg vit D. Some congestion, no cough. (I’m almost always congested in the mornings anyway.). Feel good generally.
Mid Day: Feeling generally good, no congestion, but mild headache right behind my eyes.
7 PM: No cough and mild congestion. Still a mild headache and now mild body ache. Chat with a friend and am offered a spare at home test. Pharmacy is closer, so I go get the “QuickVue” test.
9 PM: Following the directions to a tee, I test positive for Covid. Second test in 24-36 hours required for 83 % certainty.
Take for the third time 12 mg ivermectin, 50 mg zinc and now (3) 150 mcg Vitamin D. This is the routine, twice per day.
11 PM: In bed for the night, experience chills that come and go, like the flu. Sleep alright. Wake up at 2:30 AM, no chills, can’t get back to sleep for 2 hours. Some very mild ringing in my ears.
November 21 AM: Immediately, take 12 mg ivermectin, 50 mg zinc and now (3) 150 mcg Vitamin D. Some mild congestion.
2 PM: Day three begins, from first symptom. Mild headache behind eyes as before. Aquire two weeks of perishables: coffee, half-n-half, etc. (Pantry is well stocked 90 plus days, no worries there.)
9 PM: Second at home test is positive.
November 22 AM: Immediately, take 12 mg ivermectin, 50 mg zinc and now (3) 150 mcg Vitamin D. Fair amount of nasal congestion. Some brain fog, which hard to describe. Mild fatigue, noticeable when you climb stairs. Slight ringing in ears, this is constant now.
9:30 AM: In line for a drive thru PCR test, won’t get results for 24 hours.
2 PM: Day 4 begins, from first symptom. No respiratory symptoms yet. Generally feel ok, not great, I would report to work in this condition were this not Covid that I might spread.
(From the research I’ve done day 4 or more likely day 5 might bring the worse symptoms if this ultimately turns out to be a mild case. Baring that in mind I don’t have much anxiety given how I feel currently. Guess we’ll see.)
Please note that Zelenko also uses Vit C, and quercetin (which is a C complex) that he recommends if no HCQ or Ivermectin are available. Your respiratory symptoms would probably be a lot better if you added 1 gram of C every 6 hours, or more. I have allergies most of the year so have taken vit C 3 to 7 grams a day for 50 years. See Dr. Robert Cathcart regarding taking C to “bowel tolerance” for more precise details on how to use C medically. The body tends to use up or eliminate vit C in about 6 hours.
Here is a long fascinating article (2011) link on the discovery, development and uses of Ivermectin before Covid: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3043740/ as well as several selected quotes from this link.
“There are few drugs that can seriously lay claim to the title of ‘Wonder drug’, penicillin and aspirin being two that have perhaps had greatest beneficial impact on the health and wellbeing of Mankind. But ivermectin can also be considered alongside those worthy contenders, based on its versatility, safety and the beneficial impact that it has had, and continues to have, worldwide—especially on hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest people. Several extensive reports, including reviews authored by us, have been published detailing the events behind the discovery, development and commercialization of the avermectins and ivermectin (22,23-dihydroavermectin B), as well as the donation of ivermectin and its use in combating Onchocerciasis [river blindness] and lymphatic filariasis.1–6)[Elephantiasis] However, none have concentrated in detail on the interacting sequence of events involved in the passage of the drug into human use.”
“Ivermectin proved to be even more of a ‘Wonder drug’ in human health, improving the nutrition, general health and wellbeing of billions of people worldwide ever since it was first used to treat Onchocerciasis in humans in 1988. It proved ideal in many ways, being highly effective and broad-spectrum, safe, well tolerated and could be easily administered (a single, annual oral dose). It is used to treat a variety of internal nematode infections, including Onchocerciasis, Strongyloidiasis, Ascariasis, cutaneous larva migrans, filariases, Gnathostomiasis and Trichuriasis, as well as for oral treatment of ectoparasitic infections, such as Pediculosis (lice infestation) and scabies (mite infestation).14)”
My family suffered a year from scabies infestation 40 years ago when a friend came back from Russia and gave us a hug. “From Russia With Love” GRRRRR. Our children caught it from my husband and me, and while we adults soon got rid of it with then used topical medicine, and much hot laundry treatments, they would find a forgotten shirt or jacket behind a couch or under a bed and reinfect themselves. Oh to have had Ivermectin then.
“Ivermectin has continually proved to be astonishingly safe for human use. Indeed, it is such a safe drug, with minimal side effects, that it can be administered by non-medical staff and even illiterate individuals in remote rural communities, provided that they have had some very basic, appropriate training. This fact has helped contribute to the unsurpassed beneficial impact that the drug has had on human health and welfare around the globe, especially with regard to the campaign to fight Onchocerciasis.57)”
I wonder if the use of Ivermectin throughout the underdeveloped world and especially Africa is one reason that the Covid rate in Africa appears quite low? I wonder if it is used a lot more than HCQ, the malaria drug?
Never underestimate the power of belief.
And it certainly seems to be doing something in the cases where it is tried.
This is one thing I do not like about the American Medical system. They seem afraid to try things even when the patient and family are willing.
When you have someone dying trying something that "may" work is better then doing nothing.
When you have someone dying trying something that “may” work is better then doing nothing.
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Absolutely agree.
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But it is being used by hospitals and the doctors they own as a standard for treatment.
There are several drugs out there that show a sixty percent chance of improvement for some very nasty diseases. It will take a brave doctor to suggest that you try them because there are no "controlled studies" showing they work.
The reason there are no controlled studies is because the companies that make the drug know they will never reach the 80% gold standard so why waste money with a study.
Additional things to try based on my research.
Claritin - The study that used it was @ double the dose on the package.
Gargle with antiseptic mouthwash. 2-3 times daily. Also use Iodine nasal spray/drops.
Black Cumin Seed - 80mg/kg daily - ok to add to Ivermectin and the other measures you have listed.
Melatonin - 10 mg before bed.
Aspirin 325 mg/day - helps fight clots.
You might want to check your Ivermectin dosage -it increases if you have the RONA vs the early/preventative doses. FLCCC has a chart with their I Mask+ Early Outpatient Treatment Plan. (Link below)
FLCCC protocol lists several second line agents to use with dual anti-androgen therapy being most important - before monoclonal antibodies even.
https://covid19criticalcare.com/covid-19-protocols/i-mask-plus-protocol/
Best Wishes for your speedy recovery.
I suspect that is part of the reason at least.
There is a Dr. Chetty from South Africa who treats deterioration on the 8th day of symptoms as an inflammatory reaction to viral debris left over from the infection. He has said in interviews that antivirals are probably of no use at that point.
His protocol is a combination of prednisone, antihistamines (both an H1 blocker such as promethazine or cetirizine, and an H2 blocker such as famotidine (Pepcid) or cimetidine), Singulair, and sometimes aspirin or blood thinners. (https://emlct.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/COVID-Rx-4-DR-CHETTY-8th_day_therapy_may_12_2021.pdf)
He has done a number of interviews discussing his methodology and claims to have an almost perfect success rate in keeping patients out of the hospital, and also that his use of the drugs is on-label for the symptoms and relieves low blood oxygen in a matter of hours.
I’m not a doctor so definitely do your own investigations. But I sure am sorry that I don’t have the option of being treated by a Dr. Chetty rather than one of the ventilator doctors.
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