🧵Watch my opening remarks here: COVID-19 Hospital Protocols: Real Stories from Real People.

🧵Watch my opening remarks here: COVID-19 Hospital Protocols: Real Stories from Real People.

2/ Peggy Hokett’s husband, Raymond, died 24 days after being hospitalized in Oklahoma City. He was given remdesivir, told he would die because he was unvaccinated, and placed on a ventilator without consent.

3/ Dr. James Miller is a licensed physician and surgeon from Everett, Washington. He will detail hospital misconduct, patient mistreatment, retaliation, and deliberate targeting of doctors who challenged COVID-era treatment practices.

4/ Gail Seiler of Plano, Texas, was hospitalized with COVID in December 2021. Fortunately, with the help of her husband Brad, she was allowed to leave the hospital and recovered at home. She will tell her story from the perspective of a patient.

5/ Brad Seiler is Gail’s husband and a former Army captain and registered nurse. Brad is here to share what he witnessed during her 15-day hospitalization, his concerns about her treatment, and his successful effort to bring her home

6/ Donna Lowery is a registered nurse with 39 years of clinical experience, including 31 years at a hospital in Florida. After advocating for a COVID patient to receive a physician-ordered ivermectin prescription, she was terminated and faced a complaint filed against her nursing license with the Florida Board of Nursing.

7/ Stephanie Williamson’s husband, David, was hospitalized December 10, 2021, in Pomona, New Jersey. He was denied alternative treatments, given remdesivir without consent, and pressured into intubation. David died 30 days later.

8/ Darla Smith’s husband, Keith, was hospitalized with COVID in York, Pennsylvania, on November 19, 2021. Darla unsuccessfully fought to advocate for his treatment, and Keith died on December 12 after being placed on a ventilator.

9/ Melodie McKeel is the wife of Bryan McKeel, who passed away in Sarasota, Florida. Against the wishes of his family, he was intubated and denied further access to ivermectin after showing signs of improvement.

10/ Dr. John Littell is a family physician who cared for thousands of COVID patients in offices, homes, hospitals, and nursing homes. As chairman of family medicine at a Florida hospital, he witnessed patients and families denied treatment options, visitation, and access to dying loved ones.

11/ Gail Macrae worked as a registered nurse at a hospital in Santa Rosa, California. During the pandemic, she witnessed the imposition of rigid protocols and the denial of alternative treatments and drugs.

12/ Karen Hayles’ son, Chase, was a childhood cancer survivor with preexisting kidney damage. He was assured he would not receive remdesivir when he was hospitalized in Houston in 2021. He received it anyway, further damaging his kidneys. Chase died while awaiting a kidney transplant.

13/ Dr. Randy Grellner is an Oklahoma state senator and family physician. Randy is here to tell the story of his longtime patient and friend, John – a 72-year-old farmer and Navy veteran who died after being hospitalized.

14/ Katelyn Johnson is a registered nurse with 10 years of bedside clinical experience and the former Director of Medical Services for Paralyzed Veterans of America. She brings firsthand insight into how COVID-19-era hospital protocols affected patient access and the nurses caring for vulnerable veterans.