Collected Item: “Arkansas prison doctors and ivermectin”
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Arkansas prison doctors and ivermectin
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This is a story detailing Arkansas' Medical Board dismissing charges against a Washington County prison doctor for treating prisoners with ivermectin. Arkansas' Medical Board has not explicitly denounced the drug as a treatment for COVID-19, and many physicians prescribe the drug. This particular physician treated several unknowing prisoners with ivermectin in order to combat rising covid cases in the Washington County Jail in April. This dismissal of charges by the Medical Board reveals a deeper skepticism of the pandemic in Arkansas and a willingness of the board to allow physicians to treat their patients as they ultimately see fit with minimal regulations. I feel it also reveals a deeper understanding of Arkansas' prison system due to the prisoners not being informed of what was given to them, and therefore without consent.
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#Arkansas, #prisons, #ivermectin, #doctors, #skepticism
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https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/jun/10/arkansas-medical-board-takes-no-action-against/
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Arkansas Democrat Gazzette
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2022-06-10