Governor DeSantis has been an amazing leader throughout the Plandemic. He has exercised common sense and critical thinking. He listened to experts from both sides of the COVID aisle: total lockdown, hysteria and fear from the likes of the CDC and Fauci to focused protection and normalcy without panic from the founders of The Great Barrington Declaration. He has essentially kept Florida open and most are living life like COVID is in the rearview mirror.
Recently a bill was introduced in Florida, HB 7021, that extends duration of liability protections from COVID-19-related claims against health care providers. Said more simply, hospitals can keep killing patients and not be held liable. An author that I enjoy reading from Substack did a great write up as to why DeSantis needed to veto this bill.
There was a great push to support him vetoing this bill but that did not happen which is unfortunate and disappointing. A good lesson in life is to learn how to make lemonade when life gives you a whole bunch of lemons. Well, Jeff Childers did a great job of breaking down the positives that come from this bill and how they can serve as a template for the rest of the nation.
The medical freedom group that I am part of is presenting to a group of legislatures on Tuesday (3/1) in our state capital. We are NOWHERE near the progress Florida has made but just getting our foot in the door and having the opportunity to educate some politicians, is a step in the right direction. There are about ten of us presenting, please pray that our words will have power and meaning, that their hearts and minds will be open to the other side of this story and that we can gain momentum to bring medical freedom to the rest of this country.
Enjoy some lemonade from the state of Florida (written by Jeff Childers):
Anyway, early yesterday afternoon, the governor’s office announced the name of the new program, and it is an epic grandmaster-level media troll: “Buck the CDC!” That’s right, buck it. I can’t wait for all the outraged reporters to start yammering about how disrespectful and unprofessional the name is.
In this (10 min) Rumble video, Governor DeSantis and Dr. Ladapo announce a group of new health policies in three parts: (1) encouraging employee mask choice; (2) limiting quarantine periods for kids and workers to five days regardless of their testing status; and — the part we’re interested in — (3) promoting effective, “evidence-based” treatment for Covid including off-label drugs.
Three things struck me about the Governor’s comments. First, I appreciated the slam on that nauseating centipede Fauci. You can’t possibly criticize him too much for my taste. Second, it’s clear they decided to work AROUND the hospitals by promoting individual physicians instead. And third, the reference to “off-label” products is code, code for using evidence-based treatment including, obviously, ivermectin — the most well-known off-label treatment for Covid. Finally.
Let’s allow DOCTORS TO BE DOCTORS:
I carefully reviewed the “Provider Alert” that the Department of Health sent yesterday to all licensed healthcare practitioners in Florida (https://tinyurl.com/36k2f38w). The language was very carefully drafted. The body of the alert is titled, “Use of Emerging and Off-Label Treatments.” It begins by advising doctors that, when treating Covid-19, physicians “should exercise their INDIVIDUAL clinical judgment and expertise based on their patients’ needs and PREFERENCES.”
That’s a direct slam on hospitals. The hospitals are all following a one-size-fits-all outdated CDC protocol. Now, the State’s official policy is that doctors’ INDIVIDUAL judgment, not some kind of corporate judgment, should drive patent treatment. And based not only on a patient’s needs but also on a patient’s PREFERENCES. Meaning, patients should have a say in it too. Imagine that.
Let’s allow the practice of EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE:
Next, the Alert directs that treatment “options may include emerging treatments backed by quality evidence, with appropriate patient informed consent, *including off-label use or as part of a clinical trial*” (emphasis in original). This short phrase, included in an official state advisory, is huge. It’s gigantic. It’s an earthquake. It’s difficult to overestimate how helpful this will be.
Let’s SAVE LIVES:
That’s the rub right there: the effect this Alert could have on doctors. Not just my doctor, but other doctors who are on the fence or who are terrified they’ll get “investigated” by medical boards for prescribing off-label products. If this advisory only encourages ten more doctors to get into the game, literally thousands of lives can be saved. We might stop a lot of people from having to go to the hospital in the first place with early treatments.
Then BOOM, there’s this:
In bold-faced type, it provides a way to file complaints against hospitals who won’t let doctors treat their patients as individuals:
If you are a health care practitioner who is aware of a hospital that is preventing licensed health care providers from using evidence-based care and exercising clinical judgment in treating patients, please report those instances to the Agency for Health Care Administration.
The Alert provides a phone number (888-419-3456) and a website for filing complaints against hospitals (https://apps.ahca.myflorida.com/hcfc/). The term “evidence-based care” is important; it distinguishes the alternative, which is the CDC’s “one-size fits all” protocol. The Alert doesn’t even mention the CDC, at all.
We have some great people working on ‘our side’, the side of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. I am encouraged after reading the breakdown of this bill and hope that other states will follow suit.
Thank you for the kind shoutout, Jessica, and I am thrilled to see you and your fellow medical freedom fighters are working hard to educate decision-makers and advocating for saner policies!