COVID-19 has claimed three more Montana lives in Yellowstone County and considering that the Montana Nurses Association is making another plea for help from Gov. Greg Gianforte to do more to get support for Montana nurses on the front lines.
Ivermectin and other unauthorized covid treatments have become a major source of dispute in recent months. Lawsuits over hospitals’ refusals to provide ivermectin to patients have been filed in Texas, Florida, Illinois and elsewhere.
Missoula's Community Medical Center was placed on lockdown and police were called on Nov. 17 after a woman reportedly threatened violence over how her relative was being treated.
Recent conflicts over patient care underline the pressure on health care workers to provide unauthorized COVID treatments, particularly in parts of the country where vaccination rates are low, government skepticism is high, and conservative leaders have championed the treatments.