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    Michael Hiltzik: Texas court says you can't force a hospital to give you ivermectin for COVID

    A Texas appeals court has just punched a hole in the emerging trend of judges ordering hospitals to treat COVID patients with the drug ivermectin. "Judges are not doctors," Appellate Judge Bonnie Sudderth wrote in a unanimous three-judge decision issued Nov. 18. "The judiciary is called upon to serve in black robes, not white coats." The appellate panel overturned a trial court injunction ...
    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times Nov 23, 2021 3 minutes

    A Texas appeals court has just punched a hole in the emerging trend of judges ordering hospitals to treat COVID patients with the drug ivermectin.

    "Judges are not doctors," Appellate Judge Bonnie Sudderth wrote in a unanimous three-judge decision issued Nov. 18. "The judiciary is called upon to serve in black robes, not white coats."

    The appellate panel overturned a trial court injunction requiring a Fort Worth hospital to allow a dying patient to be treated with the drug.

    The case involved the care of Jason Jones, 48, a Fort Worth-area police officer who was hospitalized

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