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‘Horse dewormer’ overdose story debunked: We have no such doctor and
treat people as normal, hospital says

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https://www.rt.com/usa/534011-ivermectin-horse-dewormer-doctor-debunked/


rt.com
‘Horse dewormer’ overdose story debunked: We have no such doctor & treat
people as normal, hospital says
4-5 minutes

A shocking story claimed that an Oklahoma hospital had to turn away
gunshot victims because so many people had overdosed on “horse dewormer”
in a bid to treat Covid-19 themselves. The sensation was destroyed by
lack of proof.

As it turns out, the story was horse s**t from top to bottom. When
podcast host Joe Rogan announced he was treating his own case of
Covid-19 with a cocktail of medications including ivermectin, the
establishment commentariat went into overdrive, describing the drug – a
Nobel Prize-winning anti-parasitic widely used around the world – as a dangerous substance used in the treatment of livestock.

Even after Rogan kicked Covid-19 within three days, the media’s
onslaught against ivermectin kept going, as pundits continued to refer
to the drug as a “horse dewormer.” Rolling Stone, The Independent, The
Guardian and other outlets reported on Friday that in one Oklahoma
hospital, the ER was so overflowing with ivermectin overdoses that
gunshot victims were being turned away.

Also on rt.com Joe Rogan tests negative for Covid-19 after media storm
over medication he used

Based on a local report from a few days earlier, these outlets quoted
Doctor Jason McElyea of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, who described patients
showing a litany of symptoms including nausea, vomiting, muscle aches
and even “vision loss.”

Yet none of it was true. The hospital McElyea worked at, NHS Sequoyah,
released a statement on Saturday disavowing the doctor’s story.

“Dr. McElyea has not worked at our Sallisaw location in over 2 months,”
the statement read. “NHS Sequoyah has not treated any patients due to complications related to taking ivermectin. This includes not treating
any patients for ivermectin overdose.”

“All patients who have visited our emergency room have received medical attention as appropriate. Our hospital has not had to turn away any
patients seeking emergency care.”

The clarification came after a host of liberal pundits had tweeted out McElyea’s story as fact.

"Patients overdosing on ivermectin backing up rural Oklahoma
hospitals, ambulances""'The scariest one I’ve heard of and seen is
people coming in with vision loss,' he said."https://t.co/P909GtxBQZ
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) September 2, 2021

“Dr. McElyea said patients are packing … eastern and southeastern
Oklahoma hospitals …. ‘The ERs are so backed up that gunshot victims
were having hard times getting to facilities where they can get
definitive care and be treated,’ he said.” https://t.co/eUxJNBJbUF
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) September 4, 2021

Ivermectin is used to treat parasitic infections in livestock as well as humans, albeit at much higher doses in the former. A number of studies
and some anecdotal evidence suggest that the drug can treat Covid-19,
but it has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
for treating the coronavirus.

The FDA put out a tweet last month warning Americans away from
self-medicating with animal formulations of ivermectin, commonly
available at veterinary surgeries and feed stores. “You are not a horse.
You are not a cow. Seriously, y'all. Stop it,” the snarky tweet read.

Despite some studies touting its efficacy against the virus, discussion
of ivermectin as a treatment option is all but banned on some social
media platforms. YouTube suspended a sitting US senator for talking
about ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine as treatments, while Twitter blacklisted a peer-reviewed medical journal for publishing evidence of ivermectin’s effectiveness.

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