Person Hospitalized After Taking Livestock Ivermectin From Feed Store To Treat COVID-19

[Initech]

At least one individual has been hospitalized in Mississippi after ingesting a drug intended for treating worms in livestock, the Mississippi State Department of Health revealed today. The medicine, ivermectin, is not approved for treating COVID-19.

“There are potential toxicities. So it’s something, you know, as you know, I think some people are trying to use it as a preventative, which I think is really kind of crazy. So please don’t do that,” Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said during a discussion on Zoom today.

MSDH later confirmed to Mississippi Free Press reporter Nick Judin that the person was hospitalized in the state for ivermectin toxicity, but it is not clear whether or not the new patient was a resident. MSDH did not reveal when the incident happened or the patient’s current condition.

Despite a lack of scientific evidence that ivermectin is effective at treating COVID-19, it has become a popular go-to drug in some circles, especially among opponents of COVID-19 vaccines and public-health measures like masking. It’s a similar phenomenon to the push last year for COVID-19 patients to take hydroxychloroquine despite studies finding it ineffective against the virus.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/15002/person-hospitalized-after-taking-livestock-ivermectin-from-feed-store-to-treat-covid-19/

OMFG... they'll take parasite medication but they won't get the damn vaccine. This is a whole new category of stupid!

[Texaswitchy]

1. Stupid people.

Horse paste.

[demtenjeep]

2. dumbass

sorry=

NOT SORRY

all out of fucks to give

[demtenjeep]

3. dumbass

sorry=

NOT SORRY

all out of fucks to give

[tanyev]

4. Life-saving vaccines given to over 2 billion people so far are sketchy,

but an off-label use for animal dewormer is perfectly safe, right?

[RockRaven]

5. Another hospital bed unnecessarily occupied due to selfish stupidity... In a region where they

are already in short supply for the same reason.

[DinahMoeHum]

6. Wow. The cows are smarter than that jerkwad.

[DenaliDemocrat]

7. When we worked cattle, I was sometimes covered in it

Did this guy like drink the whole jug or something? It really is a fairly safe drug as far as these things go.

[GemDigger]

8. I hope they put that in his obituary. nt

[Mr.Bill]

9. I hope he catches Covid

in the hospital.

[Tadpole Raisin]

10. Let me see. They won't take a vaccine that has been approved for

emergency use and safely given to hundreds of millions of people but

They will take a farm animal dewormer without looking at dosages (hey a cow weighs over a thousand pounds) or look at the warning label. You know, that thing that comes with the drug telling you what it is approved for?

Cows have 4 stomachs (and maybe a magnet or 2 if they had hardware disease - IIRC).

This guy doesn’t have even 1 brain.

But don’t take the vaccine. It’s dangerous!

[Initech]

11. Yeah the feed store is not a place I would trust to sell me life saving medication.

Some next level stupid right there!

[Raftergirl]

12. These people are dumber than dirt.

[Nexus2]

13. At least that cursed vaccine won't change his DNA and the government won't be able track him.

[Midnight Writer]

14. Wait 'til they find the light bulb up his ass.

[LW1977]

15. Or fish

Stephanie Miller reference..

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. Patient hospitalized after ingesting 'horse paste' promoted by Trump's 'alien DNA' doctor

Link to tweet

A person in Mississippi is hospitalized after reportedly ingesting livestock medication containing ivermectin from a feed store to treat or prevent COVID-19 — a remedy promoted heavily by right-wing vaccine opponents in recent weeks....

Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs encouraged people with medical needs to consult with their doctors.

"There are potential toxicities," Dobbs said, referring to ivermectin use. "I think some people are trying to use it as a preventative, which I think is really kind of crazy. You wouldn't get your chemotherapy at a feed store. I mean, you wouldn't want to treat your pneumonia with your animal's medication. It can be dangerous to get the wrong doses of medication, especially for something that's meant for a horse or a cow."

MSDH Communications Director Liz Sharlot added: "You know, for the life of me, I don't get it. Dr. Dobbs, you have a vaccine that's safe and effective. And yet people, as opposed to getting the vaccine, want to go after these kinds of things."

Ivermectin, normally used to treat parasites in humans and livestock, is now being prescribed by quack doctors and promoted in online forums as the latest version of the Trumpian drug hydroxychloroquine. Doctors promoting ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment include America's Frontline Doctors, the Trump-promoted Texas group that includes accused Capitol insurrectionist Dr. Simone Gold and "alien DNA" specialist Dr. Stella Immanuel (pictured).