QAnon supporters have been targeting a Chicago hospital with a coordinated campaign to force them to treat a patient with Ivermectin.
Veronica Wolski was hospitalized two weeks ago after contracting COVID-19 and demanded her doctor give her Ivermectin.
She was refused, according to social media posts by Wolski that were reviewed by Vice.
Wolski is known for posting anti-vaccine and QAnon conspiracies from a bridge in Chicago on social media.
Veronica Wolski was hospitalized two weeks ago after contracting COVID-19 and demanded her doctor give her ivermectin. which she was refused, according to social media posts
She is a patient at AMITA Resurrection Hospital in Northwest Chicago and the hospital has faced harassment, including floods of phone calls and in-person protests, for denying Wolski the Ivermectin.
Ivermectin is an FDA prescription used to treat certain infections caused by parasites. It is not authorized or approved by the FDA for prevention or treatment of COVID-19, and the FDA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Medical Association and the drug manufacturer have warned against using it to treat COVID-19.
The National Institutes of Health's COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel also has determined there is insufficient data to recommend Ivermectin for treatment of any viral infections.
Wolski is known for posting anti-vaccine and QAnon conspiracies from a bridge in Chicago on social media
L. Lin Wood, one of the attorneys who filed lawsuits in favor of former President Trumps claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, is one of the people behind the movement
The group The People's Bridge sent out a flyer claiming a doctor who initially agreed to give Wolski Ivermectin backtracked because the hospital sided with public health experts and saying that Wolski had been hospitalized for two weeks with 'Covid pneumonia.'
L. Lin Wood, one of the attorneys who filed lawsuits in favor of former President Trumps claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, is one of the people behind the movement, which claims Wolski has a legal right to try the prescription.
The campaign said supporters should use slogans like 'Ivermectin Now,' 'Feed Veronica' and 'CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY' at the protest.
Wood and former national security adviser Michale Flynn have posted on Telegram in support of Wolski's quest to be treated with Ivermectin
'He informed me that Ivermectin was not on the Amita protocol and [Wolski] would not receive it,' Wood said when he tried to contact the doctor, according to his own Telegram post. 'When I tried to respond, he was rude, talked over me, and hung up on me.'
She was also supported on Telegram by Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser to President Trump who often appears at QAnon events.
Both Flynn and Wood are banned from Twitter.
Calls for Ivermectin poisoning saw a 163% increase to a total of 1,143 throughout the U.S. this year, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers
Through a spokesperson, Amita Health didn't address the efforts.
'At AMITA Health, our first priority is the health and safety of our patients. Our physicians and clinicians follow the full guidance of the [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] and the [U.S. Centers for Disease Control] in the treatment of COVID-19,' Olga Solares said.
Though used in horses and barn animals, people can use Ivermectin to combat parasites and skin diseases, but not COVID-19.
Ivermectin can be used in humans, but in much smaller doses than what is used for animals. The anti-parasite drug has not been shown to be affective against COVID
Large doses of this drug, however, can cause serious harm to humans if ingested, doctors warned.
Calls for Ivermectin poisoning saw a 163% increase to a total of 1,143 throughout the U.S. this year, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers.
At the end of August, there were a total of 459 calls regarding Ivermectin to poison control centers.
The FDA had urged people to stay away from the drug in a tweet last month, writing, 'You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y'all. Stop it.'
The prescription has become subject for debate ever since podcast host Joe Rogan started using it to treat COVID-19 last week, claiming doctors had told him to do so.
The FDA has repeatedly warned Americans not to use Ivermectin to combat COVID-19
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