America’s Frontline Doctors vindicated as states validate HCQ, ivermectin

In October 2020, America’s Frontline Doctors (AFLDS), headed by Dr. Simone Gold, filed a citizen’s petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) available over the counter as a treatment for COVID-19. 

While the human rights group was vilified by mainstream media and many politicians, various states are now following the initiative and passing legislation to make cheaper drugs such as HCQ and ivermectin available as OTC treatments for COVID-19. 

Last week, Tennessee’s House and Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass House Bill 2746. The bill "authorizes ivermectin suitable for human use to be sold or purchased as an over-the-counter medication in this state without a prescription or consultation with a pharmacist or certain other healthcare professional.” 

Last month, Kansas legislators passed HB2280 which authorizes drugs like HCQ and ivermectin – originally approved as an anti-parasitic – to be used off-label as treatment for COVID-19. The bill also ensures that children can be granted medical or religious exemptions to any COVID-19 vaccine mandate. 

"Thousands of Kansans and hundreds of thousands of Americans have died because of this propaganda that shut down early treatment," said Sen. Mark Steffen (R-Hutchinson). "I fully believe that this passage of this bill through the Senate will gain national attention and help be a very important part of getting the care to the people who need it." 

On Wednesday, New Hampshire’s house legislators passed HB1022, which would allow pharmacists to dispense ivermectin via standing order, and HB1466, which would give physicians broader authority to prescribe medications like HCQ off-label. Both bills are currently in committee with the New Hampshire Senate. 

Also last month, Iowa attached House File 2203, which would also give doctors more freedom to prescribe drugs like HCQ and ivermectin for off-label use. 

In February, Frontline News reported that Oklahoma Surgeon General John O’Connor issued a statement saying that there is “no legal basis” for disciplining a doctor who prescribes HCQ or ivermectin for early COVID-19 treatment.   

Indeed, according to a study by the American Journal of Medicine, HCQ has been found to lower mortality rates in early COVID-19 patients. 

But the media and medical establishment began waging a war on HCQ after former President Donald Trump recommended its use, saying that it was not approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat COVID-19. 

The media have also run a relentless campaign against ivermectin, calling it a “horse de-wormer”, omitting the fact that ivermectin is also manufactured for humans. They have also railed against the world’s top physicians for prescribing it for off-label use, ignoring the fact that about 20% of all medications approved by the FDA are prescribed for off-label use. 

But despite overwhelming scientific evidence in favor of HCQ and ivermectin – which is also cheaper and less profitable for Big Pharma – figures such as Joe Rogan have been boycotted incessantly simply for hosting physicians who recommend the drugs. In most places, physicians who prescribe these drugs for COVID use are subjected to immediate investigation and disciplinary action. 

But it is perhaps thanks to committed groups such as America’s Frontline Doctors that that is beginning to change.