More reporting from The Guardian on the lawsuit alleging the use of Ivermectin in unsafe doses and without informed consent on hundreds of prisoners in the Washington County jail.
The article recalls the history of medical abuse of people of color in the U.S. It notes that the Republican-dominated county governing body just commended the doctor in charge of a job well done.
Shameful stuff.
And Sheriff Tim Helder, who presides over this hellhole, wants a bigger jail to house still more prisoners who could be subjected to the not-so-tender mercies of his medical services provider, a source of many past complaints. At a minimum you’d think the Washington County Regional Medical Center would suggest a replacement for the sheriff on their governing board, Lest they appear to be endorsing his jail’s practice of medicine