A Life in the Balance While Wisconsin Court Mulls Ivermectin

When John Zingsheim walked into the Aurora Medical Center in his hometown of Hartford, Wis., he had no way to know that his soon-to-be-diagnosed COVID-19 case would thrust his family into the headlines and leave his life hanging in the balance while attorneys argue over ivermectin, the treatment he requested before being placed on a ventilator.

Nearly two months after being intubated, Zingsheim, 60, is hanging on—still waiting for a resolution to allow his doctor to come into Aurora Medical Center Summit and give him treatments with ivermectin, an FDA-approved medication that is often used to treat parasitic…