An Ivermectin Influencer Died. Now His Followers Are Worried About Their Own 'Severe' Symptoms.

[Jilly_in_VA]

Just before 7 am on March 3, Danny Lemoi posted an update in his hugely popular pro-ivermectin Telegram group, Dirt Road Discussions: “HAPPY FRIDAY ALL YOU POISONOUS HORSE PASTE EATING SURVIVORS !!!”

Hours later, Lemoi was dead.

For the last decade, Lemoi had taken a daily dose of veterinary ivermectin, a dewormer designed to be used on large animals like horses and cows. In 2021, as ivermectin became a popular alternative COVID-19 treatment among anti-vaxxers, he launched what became one of the largest Telegram channels dedicated to promoting the use of it, including instructions on how to administer ivermectin to children.

But despite Lemoi’s death, the administrators of his channel are pushing his misinformation—even as his followers share their own worrying possible side effects from taking ivermectin and some question the safety of the drug.

Lemoi, a heavy equipment operator who lived in Foster, Rhode Island, “passed away unexpectedly” on March 3, according to an online obituary post by his family last week. He was survived by his parents and brother. The obituary gave no details about the cause of his death.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3mb89/ivermectin-danny-lemoi-death

~SMDH~ Draw your own conclusions.

[SWBTATTReg]

1. All I can say is that they have heard the opposing evidence in abundance, that ivermectin isn't

the medication that they all claimed it to be (where 'they' were claiming it to be some kind of miracle drug). Serves them right, since they willingly put it into their bodies, despite the numerous risks already known. Perhaps djt will be charged w/ murder here too, eh, since he was pushing this too.

[PJMcK]

2. People can be so stupid

“I’ve got a respiratory ailment. I think I’ll take medicine meant for my dog. That’ll save me!”

ETA: A sign I saw at a doctor’s office said, “Please don’t confuse your Google search with my decades of study and experience.”

[Scrivener7]

3. I hate that this doesn't bother me. I wish I had more empathy for them. But I don't.

[dutch777]

4. The kids part is scary and wrong, but please, adults, double your dosage.

[Hortensis]

5. ​​"No one can convince me that he died because of ivermectin," one member wrote

this week. “He ultimately died because of our failed western medicine which only cares about profits and not the cure.”

I was briefly tempted to make that my signature line here. But to what purpose? This kind of deeply embedded, intensely irrational belief frame generally couldn't be touched without extensive counseling.

[Victor_c3]

6. If he would have been drinking his own urine, he would have been cured

Urine drinking was one of the miracle cures being peddled as well…

[UTUSN]

7. Does ROGAN know about this?! I felt the SERVICE to send it to him!