The Death of Informed Consent
The Death of Informed Consent By Stella Paul Here's what never happened in the hospital during COVID: a doctor sat down next to a patient and said, "You have a choice. We can give you Remdesivir, which killed 53% of the patients in an Ebola trial. It was so bad the trial had to be shut down. And you'll notice here in Remdesivir's fact sheet, it says, ' Not a lot of people have used Remdesivir. Serious and unexpected side effects may happen. ' Or we can give you ivermectin , a safe and effective drug that's been successfully used for decades, and send you home. Which do you prefer?" The reason that conversation never happened is that it would have cost the hospital too much money . If the hospital gave you ivermectin and sent you home, the federal government paid the hospital $3,200. If the hospital gave you Remdesivir, the federal government paid the entire hospital bill, plus a 20% bonus. So the hospital executives' choice was to
