Thread by @TheChiefNerd

🧵 Doctors Mary Talley Bowden, Paul Marik, & Robert Apter Appeared in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Today as Part of Their Lawsuit Against the FDA and Claims It Made Against Ivermectin

FDA Attorney Ashley Cheung Honold Made Some Stunning Statements in Her Rebuttal Which I… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

1) FDA Attorney Ashley Cheung Honold Now Says Doctors Did Have the Right to Prescribe Ivermectin Off-Label for COVID-19

“Here FDA was not regulating the off-label use of drugs…The FDA explicitly recognizes that doctors do have the authority to prescribe Ivermectin to treat… https://t.co/o7EFT05vDCtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

2) FDA Attorney Ashley Cheung Honold Says the FDA Has ‘Sovereign Immunity’ and Cannot Be Held Responsible for Misleading Statements

“If the FDA is merely making information statements, they do have sovereign immunity”

3) FDA Attorney Ashley Cheung Honold Says the FDA Does Have the Power to Issue Medical Advice

JUDGE: “Does it matter whether they are scientific views or not...or whether they are just views?”

HONOLD: “There’s nothing in the multiple sources of authority that I cited that… https://t.co/WSUDDPyUUptwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

4) FDA Attorney Ashley Cheung Honold Says Even if FDA Statements on Ivermectin Were Partially Misleading, the Agency Is Not Responsible for Doctors Losing Their Jobs

“Even if this court concluded that the parts of the statement that said ‘Stop It’ were unlawful, the remaining… https://t.co/kG1D4kYtXetwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

5) In the Most Disturbing Admission, FDA Attorney Ashley Cheung Honold Says the FDA is ‘Held Accountable by the Political Process’

“The public can elect its government officials and FDA…have politically accountable heads of the agency who are held accountable by the political… https://t.co/RP4YY0ZUHytwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

6) Listen to the full recording of the hearing here:


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