A new bill in Ohio would force health officials to 'promote and increase distribution' of unproven COVID treatments like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.
have introduced a bill that would force the promotion of ivermectin and other"alternative" treatments for COVID-19 in the state.
Ohio's House Bill 631 would force officials to"promote and increase distribution" of ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and budesonide—all drugs that are not approved as treatments for the coronavirus by the Food and Drug Administration . The bill was introduced by Ohio state Representative Kris Jordan and co-sponsored by seven of his Republican colleagues on Thursday night.
The proposed law would also block local health departments from working to"suppress the promotion of or access" to the drugs and prohibit attempts to"reprimand, threaten, or penalize" health care workers who insist on prescribing, administering or promoting them. Although all of the medicines included in the bill do have legitimate and FDA-approved medical uses, clinical evidence has not backed upA bill introduced by Ohio House Republicans would force health officials to"promote" ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine and other drugs as"alternative treatments" for COVID-19, despite a lack of evidence that they work. Above, a selection of drugs promoted as treatments for the coronavirus are pictured in this undated file photo.Dr.
"Those same individuals are now introducing a bill that supports the use of therapies that are not intended to treat COVID, have been proven—really beyond a shadow of a doubt—to be unsuccessful in the treatment of COVID, and have actually been shown to have significant safety consequences," Gonsenhauser told WCMH.
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