On Sundays I write about individuals who demonstrate fortitude, sometimes against seemingly overwhelming odds, and Meryl Hass M.D. is such an individual.
As background, I am going to assume that most of you have some familiarity with Ivermectin,as I have written many informative blogs about Ivermectin in the past.
Also as background:
On February 7, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security issued its own dire warning about the spread of misinformation, disinformation, and a neologism: malinformation.
Shortly thereafter, the Maine Medical Board suspended the licenses of three doctors for writing waivers for COVID vaccines, spreading misinformation, and/or prescribing ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine. (All of which are legal activities for doctors.)
One of the suspended doctors was Meryl Hass.
She was surprised to find that on the day her license was suspended, there was massive national publicity about her case. The story was on the AP wire, covered by the San Francisco Chronicle to the Miami Herald.
She gathered that her situation was bigger than just a renegade Maine Medical Board: She thought that she had been selected to serve as an example to physicians nationwide who might be prescribing early treatment for COVID.
She is 70 years old, and her medical practice was set up as a service so that everyone could access COVID drugs who wanted them. Her fee was $60 per patient for all the COVID care they needed.
She is sure the board had calculated that, given all the above, she would not challenge the suspension and would simply surrender her license, since it could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight the board’s actions in court.
However, as Meryl Hass has the fortitude and the spirit that many of us only dream of, she decided to fight back. Fortunately, Children’s Health Defense is helping with her legal expenses, which is what allows her to mount a strong defense against the bulldozing of free speech, patient autonomy and choice, and the doctor–patient relationship. There is a lot riding on the outcome.
BTW: Meryl Hass could be my doctor anytime, as she will stick up for her patients when they need her.
8/13/23