Mon Jun 13, 2022 – 3:45 pm EDT
JEFFERSON CITY (LifeSiteNews) – Doctors should no longer be penalized in Missouri for prescribing the drugs hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin for COVID-19 patients, according to legislation recently signed into law by Republican Gov. Mike Parson.
HB 2149 prohibits state medical licensing boards from rescinding the medical licenses of, or otherwise punishing, doctors who “lawfully” prescribe the drugs, as well as prevents pharmacists from contacting doctors or patients to dispute their effectiveness for COVID.
Parson announced the signing on June 7, along with six other unrelated bills.
Despite being misrepresented in the mainstream media as aquarium cleaner and horse dewormer, hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin are FDA-approved medications with a range of human applications, such that both are included on the World Health Organization’s Model List of Essential Medicines. Like many medications, ivermectin is also used for horses, but human dosages of the drug for human ailments were not controversial until IVM started gaining notice in the context of COVID-19.
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While experts continue to debate the drugs’ effectiveness at treating COVID-19, promising studies as well as reports of
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