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Courts can’t order dewormer for Covid

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the reversal of a court order that required a hospital to administer Ivermectin to the plaintiff’s uncle, who was ill with Covid-19. The court did not have the authority to order the hospital to administer a treatment it felt was outside of the standard of care.

Read the ruling here.

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