Pennsylvania has now become the scene of a recurring story. Another doctor has been terminated for prescribing ivermectin. Dr. Edith Behr who was a surgeon at Phoenixville Hospital was accused of writing prescriptions for ivermectin.
Behr was employed by Tower Health Medical group which became aware of the allegations against the doctor last week. Tower said they had investigated the matter and Behr was immediately terminated. Dr. Behr was also accused of prescribing hydroxychloroquine. Both ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine are approved drugs, but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends against such prescriptions for Covid. According to the FDA “available data do not show ivermectin is effective against Covid-19. Clinical trials assessing ivermectin tablets for the prevention or treatment of Covid-19 in people are ongoing.” Tower health said they “will continue to follow recommendations from the F.D.A., C.D.C. (Centers for Disease Control), and other health authorities in the treatment of the Covid-19 virus.” Yet what the American public doesn’t hear much is that there have been 78 studies to date involving ivermectin since the onset of the pandemic. TrialSite was the first online media platform to consistently track this research. While most of the study results manifest positive data points the U.S. medical establishment, regulators, and importantly the mass media have focused only on a couple of the studies that evidenced no clinical efficacy. The other studies are downplayed as subpar.
Back to Dr. Behr’s situation, the prescriptions for ivermectin were allegedly coordinated through a Facebook social media group connecting people who wanted the controversial medication with a doctor willing to write the prescription. Apparently, a user of the social media group identified Edith Behr as the doctor and the user reported Behr to Tower Health and the authorities. The Facebook group is run by Christine Mason who described the doctor writing ivermectin prescriptions as a “hero” and an “angel” and urged other doctors to prescribe the problematic drug. To date, Dr. Behr has not commented on her dismissal.
Behr is one of many doctors who’ve been fired for prescribing ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine. State legislatures around the country have been trying to pass bills to protect doctors who prescribe the medication but in many cases the legislation has been defeated or stalled. But even though doctors dissuaded by medical licensing bodies via FDA or the CDC pressure tactics to write prescriptions for ivermectin, even if they do so, pharmacies pressured not to fill the prescription. For much of 2021, health insurance companies were paying for the medication in connection to COVID-19 claims but that activity has almost completely stopped. Apparently, doctors, like Edith Behr who believe early treatment with this drug can help Covid patients are caught in the middle.