LOL a dodgy outfit looking to make money off gullible people, just like the other two you referenced
The
Independent Medical Alliance (formerly
Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance [
FLCCC]) is a group of physicians and former journalists, formed in April 2020, that has advocated for various unapproved, dubious, and ineffective treatments for COVID-19 (e.g. hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, and other miscellaneous combinations of drugs and vitamins).
The group was led from the start by Paul E. Marik and Pierre Kory,both of whom would later join conservative or right-wing groups promoting COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and misinformation. In
August 2024 both men had their medical board certifications revoked.In November 2021 the
Journal of Intensive Care Medicine retracted a paper written by Pierre Kory, Marik, and others. T
he retraction was triggered when it was found the paper misreported the mortality figures of people treated for COVID-19 with the FLCCC's "MATH+" protocol, falsely making it appear to be an effective treatment.Ohio lawsuit
In 2021, Fred Wagshul, a member of the FLCCC, prescribed ivermectin for a patient in a hospital in Ohio where he did not have admitting privileges.[23][24] The patient's wife secured a temporary injunction from a judge of the Butler County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas ordering the man's doctors to administer ivermectin; a different judge of the same court overrode the order, determining that the plaintiff had failed to meet the requirements for a temporary injunction and writing, "there can be no doubt that the medical and scientific communities do not support the use of ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19".
Other unproven claims
In November 2022, Pierre Kory and the FLCCC began marketing a cocktail of supplements and drugs (e.g. ivermectin and nitazoxanide) for other viruses, influenza and Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Like the FLCCC-advocated COVID treatments, the recommendations lacked credible supporting scientific evidence. The Washington Post estimated that this cocktail could cost over $500.
