Florida teacher at center of ivermectin lawsuit dies of COVID; husband says 'name a law after her' – USA TODAY

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A Florida teacher who drew national attention for trying to get a hospital to administer her ivermectin died from COVID-19 symptoms last Friday. 
Tamara Drock, 47, of Loxahatchee, Florida, died 12 weeks after being admitted to Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center for treatment. Her husband, Ryan Drock, sued the hospital last month in an attempt to require it to administer ivermectin, a drug approved by the FDA only to treat conditions caused by parasitic worms but not COVID-19. 
“I’m hoping they name a law after her so no one has to go through this,” Ryan Drock told The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Network. “If she had walked out of the hospital, she could have had the medication.”
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The drug is not approved to treat the virus by the FDA based on pre-clinical trials. Several states, however, had cases in which hospitals were being called on to administer the drug. 
A doctor at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center agreed to give Tamara ivermectin, but the family’s attorney, Jake Huxtable, said the proposed dosage was too low.
Palm Beach County Circuit Judge James Nutt rejected the initial lawsuit last month. But Ryan Drock is still blaming the hospital and plans to continue pursuing legal action. Tenet Healthcare, which owns the hospital, did not respond to messages seeking comment.
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Huxtable added that under Florida law the suit can continue after Tamara’s death because of the large-scale debate at hand.
“We don’t know if (the drug) would have saved her life, but it could have,” he said. “Maybe it wouldn’t have done anything, but we’re pursuing the case strictly from a legal perspective. Every person in Florida has a constitutional right to choose what is done with their own body.”
Contributing: Andrew Marra, The Palm Beach Post

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