THE newly formed Health Defence League has blasted the government for its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Member of the league, Dr Martin Wucher criticised the government for their handling of medical and health matters, such as the recent curfew regulations, which was not based on medical advice because “the virus does not come out at 20h00”.
“The government is not the doctor and the government does not bear the ultimate responsibility of the person dying or not. It is normally the doctor who is very intimately involved with that decision. So we cannot leave it to the government to make life or death decisions on a one-on-one basis,” he says.
The Health Defence League (HDF) stressed that the government overstepped its boundaries by making medical decisions for doctors during the Covid-19 pandemic. He also pointed out that the governments decision to allow people to self-isolate was flawed.
“The nation was fed with rules and regulations by the government and international players, which in some instances did not work for us. It was limiting the ability of the health professionals to do the best they could in the areas, in which they work,” Wucher says.
He advises that there should be an open discussion on vaccination, with both sides being heard without restrictions.
The HDL believes that the government should have merely set up a framework and allowed doctors to make decisions. As an example, Wucher refers to the use of Ivermectin, which the government spoke out against.
“We did not want to tell people to use or not to use Ivermectin but we are 100% sure that people should be able to choose. If Ivermectin was handled properly, we would not have seen the spat of illegal issues around it.
“It could have been handled through the doctors by a prescription and you could have had the person who has the responsibility and solution in one, and that is how it should be,” Wucher said.
In June, the registrar of medicines, Johannes Gaseb, said the medicines council consulted independent experts in relevant fields both locally and internationally on the use of Ivermetin, adding that available studies are insufficient, used differing dosing regimens and included various concomitant medications.
In July, a Windhoek dentist was charged with unlawfully selling animal medicine claimed to be a treatment for the novel coronavirus disease.
Such incidents prompted a group of health and legal professionals to come together to form the HDL, who describe themselves as pro-choicers.
“The league came from the frustration of a lot of people in this country that they were not heard,” Wucher says.
They are also against any mandatory vaccinations, as well as children getting the jab.
“The HDL will provide legal assistance to its members who are forced to be vaccinated and/or provide regular PCR tests in order to keep their jobs,” the HDL states.
They have also indicated that they are prepared to take legal action against any organisation or company who denies entry to unvaccinated persons.
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