The persecution of Dr Mark Hobart by the Victorian Department of Health is hardly surprising. Throughout the pandemic he has done everything in his power to protect the health of his patients. He provides vital early Covid treatment, including ivermectin — until it was banned. He wrote to the Victorian chief health officer to protect his elderly patients in nursing homes who had infection-acquired immunity to Sars-Cov-2 from being vaccinated as there is well-documented evidence that it greatly increases the risk of adverse reactions.