Maryland Congressman Says He Prescribes Ivermectin For COVID

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October 20, 2021 astatine 8:15 pm

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland congressman who is simply a practicing anesthesiologist said connected a vigor amusement that helium prescribed a medicine typically utilized to dainty parasites successful livestock and humans arsenic a attraction for COVID-19.

Republican Rep. Andy Harris, who represents Maryland’s 1st District, made the comments during a call-in vigor programme that helium and his wife, Nicole, co-hosted past period connected WCBM, an AM vigor presumption successful the Baltimore area, The Washington Post reported. However, Harris said connected the programme that helium couldn’t find a pharmacist who would capable it.

“It’s gotten bad. … The pharmacists are conscionable refusing to capable it,” Harris said connected the “Casey & Company” amusement connected Sept. 17. He was responding to a telephone from a 63-year-old antheral who said helium and his 56-year-old woman had opted not to beryllium vaccinated. The caller said helium wanted to usage ivermectin a mates of times a week to boost his immune strategy but his doc objected.

“You tin spell each the doctor-shopping you want; I don’t deliberation you’re going to find a pharmacist to capable the prescription. That’s the problem,” Harris said, adding that nationalist pharmacy organizations are “saying pharmacies shouldn’t bash it. It’s ridiculous.”The Food and Drug Administration has not approved ivermectin to dainty oregon forestall COVID-19 and has warned radical to debar the drug. Merck, the shaper of ivermectin, has said determination is nary denotation the cause is harmless oregon effectual against COVID-19.

Also connected the program, Harris expressed absorption to some disguise and vaccine mandates, specifically asking “whether masks bash anything.”

Earlier this year, Harris was outspoken successful enactment of coronavirus vaccines, adjacent appearing astatine assemblage centers to administer shots himself. But helium subsequently encouraged parents not to let their children to beryllium vaccinated until the vaccines received afloat support for children from the FDA.

Harris wrote letters to the University System of Maryland and Republican Gov. Larry Hogan earlier this twelvemonth asking them to suspend vaccine mandates connected campuses, citing concerns astir exceedingly uncommon broadside effects associated with Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.

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