# Local doctor suspended for a month for prescribing ivermectin for Covid

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-doctor-suspended-for-a-month-for-prescribing-ivermectin-for-covid/1003038>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Created:** [June 19, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-doctor-suspended-for-a-month-for-prescribing-ivermectin-for-covid/1003038 "2024-06-19T05:14:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kedikat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-doctor-suspended-for-a-month-for-prescribing-ivermectin-for-covid/1003038/7 "2024-06-19T06:32:47Z")

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> [@glee](#):
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> Ivermectin is NOT a treatment for COVID.

Did not say it is.

> [@glee](#):
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> If a patient has Covid, they can infect others - and also die.

Even if vaccinated. Though less likely.

> [@glee](#):
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> If they refuse to be vaccinated, they are destroying herd immunity.

Maybe. But it has been admitted that Vaccination does not fully prevent infection or transmission. But it may help.

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