Y'all on the lib shit around here

      • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        The whole ivermectin thing is a stupid meme

        It's not though. People in my country have died because of it. They take copious amounts of ivermectin and die of liver poisoning.

        https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-07-20-they-think-they-are-safe-doc-issues-chilling-warning-as-people-taking-ivermectin-continue-to-die/

        “Most of these patients have been taking ivermectin which was prescribed by doctors and as a result they feel protected,” he said.

        He warned that people using the drug — which is an anti-parasitic medication meant for animals — believed they were safe from contracting Covid-19 which in turn led to unsafe behaviour such as not wearing masks or sanitising their hands.

        Some 90% of the patients using the drug, had presented with liver damage, he added."

        “I have lost five patients to liver failure from ivermectin and all patients now admitted here have all been on [the drug]," he said.

        Taban was critical of doctors who continued to give ivermectin to their patients.

        “Clearly this drug does not work and is not intended for use by humans. I strongly encourage you to stop prescribing it and advise against [its] use.”

      • Gay_Wrath [fae/faer]
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        3 years ago

        Ehhh

        https://www.insider.com/inmates-arkansas-jail-unknowingly-given-ivermectin-treat-covid-19-2021-9

      • andys_nuts [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        "People believed a false story that's a carbon copy of some true stories, those fucking fools!"

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      "Hospitals are at capacity" has been a story for weeks now. I've got a friend who works an ICU in Houston and will happily confirm there are a lot of new patients and resources are stretched thin.

      "People are treating ivermectin as a COVID panacea" is also true. We're seeing Top Minds in the Talk Radio racket and Podcast-o-Sphere boosting about its effectiveness.

      So the aggregation of stories is plausible.

      • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        Yeah, the fake Oklahoma story was almost a carbon copy of a real thing that happened in Florida, where a gunshot victim waited 6 days for hospital treatment due to the ICUs bring full. That's why people believed the fake story, because it sounded so similar to stuff that has actually happened before