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struggle4progress

(118,273 posts)
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 08:10 PM Sep 2021

Two die in New Mexico after taking Ivermectin

Gibson Precious
September 29, 2021

... On Wednesday, New Mexico health officials reported two deaths among 14 patients hospitalized recently for taking ivermectin. The drug is used to treat worms in horses and other livestock. However, many people have promoted the medicine as a remedy for COVID-19, including podcast host Joe Rogan and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

The deceased, who have not been identified publicly, were 38 and 79 years old. Both patients had been diagnosed with COVID-19 and opted to self-medicate with ivermectin to treat their conditions. The drug caused kidney failure in at least one of them.

“It’s the wrong medicine for something really serious,” said David Scrase, the acting head of the New Mexico health department ...

https://balleralert.com/profiles/blogs/two-people-die-after-taking-ivermectin/

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Two die in New Mexico after taking Ivermectin (Original Post) struggle4progress Sep 2021 OP
Listen to the world's smallest violin playing... Enter stage left Sep 2021 #1
Oh Faux pas Sep 2021 #2
well thye won't be getting covid thanks to taking that nt msongs Sep 2021 #3
FAKE NEWS! dixiechiken1 Sep 2021 #4
Virginia hospitals step up fight against ivermectin struggle4progress Sep 2021 #5
If only they had been allowed to get a proper prescription Red Mountain Sep 2021 #6
Hay, that's a real shame hibbing Sep 2021 #7
Had to happen eventually, in the race to the bottom of ignorance lindysalsagal Sep 2021 #8

struggle4progress

(118,273 posts)
5. Virginia hospitals step up fight against ivermectin
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 08:21 PM
Sep 2021

by Danner Evans
Thursday, September 30th 2021

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — Misinformation about the use of ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19 continues to circulate online and Virginia hospitals are taking steps to fight back against the "dangerous" drug ...

Centra said prescriptions for ivermectin will now be reviewed, approved or denied on an ad hoc basis ...

Sentara Halifax Regional said it follows evidence-based protocols to treat COVID-19 as recommended by trusted agencies, including the CDC, National Institutes of Health and FDA ...

Merck, the company that produces the drug, has also noted a lack of evidence to support the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19 and recommends against such use ...

https://wset.com/news/coronavirus/virginia-hospitals-step-up-fight-against-ivermectin-covid-19-misinformation-coronavirus-delta-variant-central-virginia

Red Mountain

(1,730 posts)
6. If only they had been allowed to get a proper prescription
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 08:21 PM
Sep 2021

from a real doctor they wouldn't have od'd.

Just more deep state shenanigans.





Possibly also Science and Reality.




So hard to tell these days for some folks.

lindysalsagal

(20,648 posts)
8. Had to happen eventually, in the race to the bottom of ignorance
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 08:30 PM
Sep 2021

and stubbornness. I'm sure their families are thrilled they get to tell everyone how they killed themselves, too.

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