Brazil's tragic ivermectin frenzy

[struggle4progress]

Hilary Brueck 18 hours ago

Many Brazilians used to spend about $30 a head on ... a mix of vitamins and other pills that President Jair Bolsonaro touted as early treatments for COVID-19 ...

Among the "kit" drugs were the malaria pill hydroxychloroquine and the antiparasitic tablet ivermectin ...

But Brazilians quickly discovered — through heart-wrenching personal experience — the limits of treating COVID-19 with ivermectin. Brazil suffered some of its worst death rates yet in late 2020 and early 2021, even in heavily ivermectin-dosed areas ...

Antonio estimated about 70% of her ICU patients said during the country's deadly second wave (in late 2020 and early 2021) that they had taken ivermectin, and "I regret to say most of those patients have died," she said ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/brazil-tragic-ivermectin-for-covid-frenzy-warning-to-us-experts-2021-9

[SoCalDavidS]

1. America!

Well, South America, but they obviously have the same fondness of electing and supporting Dictators, who couldn't give 2 shits about the constituents they "lead," as we do.

[ornotna]

2. Brazil is working hard

trying to catch up to us with total deaths. Almost 600,000 now. Good job Jair.

[OrangeJoe]

3. Multi level marketing

There are so many scammers around the world preying on people's fears and ignorance and making money on this that it makes one hope that someday there will be a reckoning coming to them, but I doubt it.