Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance

Not to be confused with America's Frontline Doctors.

Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance
AbbreviationFLCCC
FormationMarch 2020
Presidents
Pierre Kory, Paul E. Marik
Websitewww.covid19criticalcare.com

The 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).[1][2][3][4][5][6] The group was led from the start by Paul E. Marik and Pierre Kory,[3] 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.[7]

The World Health Organization, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and European Medicines Agency advise against the use of ivermectin for COVID-19 outside of clinical trials, but the FLCCC has erroneously claimed that ivermectin could reduce viral load and accelerate recovery in people with COVID-19.[8][9][10]

  1. ^ Szalinski, Christina. "Fringe Doctors' Groups Promote Ivermectin for COVID despite a Lack of Evidence". Scientific American. Kory is president of the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC), a group of physicians and scientists who champion ivermectin, along with other drugs and vitamins with dubious efficacy against COVID.
  2. ^ Fiore, Kristina (6 January 2021). "What's Behind the Ivermectin-for-COVID Buzz?". MedPage Today.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference fringedocs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Wadvalla, Bibi-Aisha (April 1, 2021). "Covid-19: Ivermectin's politicisation is a warning sign for doctors". The BMJ. 373: n747. doi:10.1136/bmj.n747. PMID 33795225.
  5. ^ "Fact-checking claim about the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19". Politifact. April 23, 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  6. ^ Hayes, Kelly (December 8, 2020). "Doctor pleads for review of data on ivermectin as COVID-19 treatment during Senate hearing". FOX 10 Phoenix.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference revoke-n was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Breitenbach, Dagmar (January 20, 2021). "Fact check: Effective (and ineffective) COVID-19 treatments". Deutsche Welle.
  9. ^ "EMA advises against use of ivermectin for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 outside randomised clinical trials" (Press release). European Medicines Agency. 22 March 2021.
  10. ^ "WHO advises that ivermectin only be used to treat COVID-19 within clinical trials". World Health Organisation. March 31, 2021.