A Texas judge has reversed a decision which would have directed a Houston hospital to administer ivermectin to a dying COVID-19 patient:
The patient subsequently died.
Legal niceties aside (e.g., did his wife have medical power of attorney?), I think this case sets a dangerous legal precedent by denying us the right to choose the type of treatment we prefer.
It should have been clear to everyone that this patient was in extremis, as proven by the fact he subsequently died. Why shouldn't he have had the right to try something other than the apparently life-depriving protocol imposed by this hospital? He did have the right to mandate a DNR order, right? Then he also should have had the right to try an off-label medication which has been shown by MANY studies to be both safe and effective against SARS-CoV-2 infection:
In my view, this patient's estate should file a wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital, the doctors involved, and the judge who made this decision. If such a case ever went to a jury and was not sabotaged by some legal trickery, I think it's VERY likely the plaintiffs would prevail. Maybe that's what it will take to stop this nonsense.
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