Alaska: GOP Pol Waged Insane Battle to Treat Dying COVID Patient With Ivermectin

[Nevilledog]

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A Republican lawmaker in Alaska repeatedly harassed hospital officials to administer the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to a COVID patient—and even claimed to have power to make medical decisions for the patient— before the man died on Wednesday.

GOP Pol Waged Insane Battle to Treat Dying COVID Patient With Ivermectin
As William Topel’s condition rapidly deteriorated, an Alaska hospital was bombarded with harassing calls and visits.
thedailybeast.com
3:40 PM · Oct 14, 2021

https://www.thedailybeast.com/alaska-lawmaker-jamie-allard-waged-insane-battle-to-treat-dying-covid-patient-with-ivermectin

A Republican lawmaker in Alaska reportedly harassed hospital officials to administer the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to a COVID patient—and even claimed to have power to make medical decisions for the patient— before the man died on Wednesday.

William Topel, a well-known figure in Anchorage’s conservative circles, had been a frequent opponent of public health measures intended to curb the pandemic and regularly showed up at Anchorage Assembly meetings to voice his defiance.

However, he was admitted to a local hospital with COVID symptoms late last week, longtime friend Terrence Shanigan told The Daily Beast on Thursday, not long after he attended an Assembly meeting that involved swarms of unmasked protestors challenging a proposed mask ordinance.

Shanigan, the legislative affairs director for Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, said that Topel’s condition had “progressed quite a bit” by the time he got to Providence Alaska Medical Center after initially seeking monoclonal antibodies treatment. “He passed out,” Shanigan said, and was rushed to the hospital by a retired nurse.

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[Bev54]

1. I wish these republican parasites would take enough of the drug to make them go away

[mitch96]

3. I wonder what would happen if tRump loving covid patients signed a waver and went home with

the drugs they want. Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.. A win win! They get the drugs they want and people who want to get real medical help would have room in the hospital..
What cha tink?
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[Bev54]

4. As long as that waiver includes they do not come back looking for a hospital room.

[markie]

2. good article...

https://theconversation.com/ivermectin-is-a-nobel-prize-winning-wonder-drug-but-not-for-covid-19-168449?