WHO scientist may face death penalty for advising against ivermectin: 'Deleting the tweet won't save her'

A 51-page legal statement prepared by the India Bar Association attacked WHO Chief Scientist of India Soumya Swaminathan with 71 counts describing Swaminatan's evaluation discouraging ivermectin to treat COVID-19 as "Extremely unreasonable" and "Having another purpose."

According to reports from the Indian The Print news network and the independent global health news website Healthpolicy-Watch, the India Bar Association submitted the suit on May 25th. The statement accused her of "Initiating a false propaganda campaign against ivermectin" and "Inducing the public to refuse to use ivermectin" to treat COVID-19.

On May 10th, India's Health Ministry approved an ivermectin-based COVID treatment regimen, recommending all residents over 18-years-old take 5 ivermectin tablets, and that this can prevent fatal high fever associated with COVID-19.

After the Health Ministry introduced the policy, Swaminatan reiterated the view of the WHO, tweeting: "No matter what kind of medicine is used to treat the disease, safety and effectiveness are very important. Except in clinical trials, the WHO does not recommend the use of ivermectin in the treatment of COVID-19.".

"The India Bar Association wrote in its legal statement:"Your misleading tweet against the use of ivermectin on May 10 this year led to the exclusion of ivermectin from the coronavirus treatment regimen in Tamil Nadu on May 11, despite the fact that this drug was previously a treatment on the drug list.

Swaminathan deleted the tweet after receiving the legal statement, but on June 5th, the IBA updated their website: "The action of deleting the tweet just proved her maliciousness Deleting this tweet will not save her and her colleagues. We will support citizens to initiate litigation for her criminal actions." It is unclear whether the organization has formally filed a lawsuit.

Swaminathan is an Indian pediatrician and clinical scientist well-known for tuberculosis research, and has been the chief scientist of the WHO since March 2019.
 

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