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Greetings, humans.
You probably expected me to start this letter with Howdy. You two-legged types always associate horses with southerners and cowboys. For the record, thats horse-ist and we dont appreciate it. Im from Schaumburg, for Seabiscuits sake.
Anyway, the reason Im writing is to make a simple request on behalf of my fellow horses and livestock everywhere: Please stop taking ivermectin. You keep scooping the stuff up off shelves in farm stores all over creation and, frankly, were getting peeved. Thats our medicine, not yours.
You dont see a bunch of cows strolling into CVS and buying up all the Benadryl, do you? Of course not. Thats partially because of unjust rules that prevent our kind from roaming freely and taking advantage of shopping centers, but its mainly because were smart enough to know we shouldnt put human stuff in our nonhuman bodies.
We use ivermectin because we tend to get internal and external parasites, and that stuff knocks them out pretty well.
I recently needed some to treat my sarcoptic mange, but guess what? THE FARM SUPPLY STORE WAS OUT OF IVERMECTIN CAUSE A BUNCH OF YOU READ SOME HOO-HAH ON THE INTERNET AND DECIDED THE SMART MOVE WAS TO IGNORE YOUR DOCTORS AND TAKE SOME HORSE MEDICINE!!!
Unless you were suffering from sarcoptic mange, and are a horse, Im going to have to ask you to return the ivermectin and stop believing everything you read.
I tried at first to send a note like this to some people in the human anti-vaccine/anti-mask/COVID isnt a big deal community. But it didnt go well.
I wanted to reach Phil Valentine, a conservative radio host and vaccine skeptic who promoted ivermectin to treat COVID-19, but was unable to because he died from COVID-19.
I wanted to reach Caleb Wallace, a 30-year-old Texas man who organized protests against pandemic restrictions and treated himself with ivermectin when he developed COVID-19 symptoms, but hes on a ventilator in a Texas intensive care unit.
I wanted to reach H. Scott Apley, a Texas GOP official who spoke out against vaccines and showed support for a mask burning, but he was also unavailable due to dying from COVID-19.
Apparently the phrase You can lead a horse to water, but you cant make it drink applies to humans as well.
So Im sending this note out through the press in the hope it does some good.
Here are a few facts:
Ivermectin has been used to treat humans, but its not approved as a treatment for COVID-19, and two-legged medical professionals who are not snake-oil salespeople strongly advise against taking it for that purpose.
According to a human I had do research for me in exchange for free rides, the FDAs website says: Ivermectin tablets are approved at very specific doses for some parasitic worms, and there are topical (on the skin) formulations for head lice and skin conditions like rosacea. Ivermectin is not an antiviral (a drug for treating viruses). Taking large doses of this drug is dangerous and can cause serious harm.
The FDA says side effects can include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, facial or limb swelling, seizures and liver injury.
According to a recent health advisory from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heres one example of what happened when a human took ivermectin and then called poison control because SURPRISE! illness ensued: An adult drank an injectable ivermectin formulation intended for use in cattle in an attempt to prevent COVID-19 infection. This patient presented to a hospital with confusion, drowsiness, visual hallucinations, tachypnea, and tremors. The patient recovered after being hospitalized for nine days.
The FDA summed up this weird situation effectively in a recent tweet: You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, yall. Stop it.
I am a horse, and I would like to reiterate that last point: Stop it. Youre making cows look smart. (Sorry. I had to slip a cow burn in here somewhere. Trust me, theyll appreciate it.)
Look, I appreciate most of you guys, and thanks for all the oats and hay and whatnot. But you really need to come to your senses.
You dont want to wear a mask? Well, guess what, I dont want to constantly swish my tail around to keep flies off my rear end. But I do it. And if somebody came along and said, Hey, if you take this human medicine thats not approved for horses and probably doesnt work, you might never have to swish your tail again, although you might die from diarrhea
You know what Id do? ID KEEP SWISHING MY DANG TAIL BECAUSE ITS REALLY NOT THAT BIG A DEAL!!
Anyhoo, Ive taken up enough of your time. Please get your shots and keep your weird sausage fingers off our ivermectin.
A horse
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