Posted on 08/20/2021 8:50:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Mississippi health officials are warning people not to take animal drugs to protect them from getting COVID-19.
"The Mississippi Poison Control Center has received increased calls due to livestock or animal formulations of ivermectin taken to prevent or treat COVID-19 infection. Animal drugs are highly concentrated for large animals and can be highly toxic in humans. Do NOT take drugs made for animals in any form," the Mississippi State Department of Health said on social media Friday.
State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs was asked during a Wednesday briefing about reports of people becoming ill after ingesting the drugs, which are available at area feed stores.
"Ivermectin at high doses can be toxic and even deadly in really high concentrations in animal models," Dobbs said.
Ivermectin can be prescribed to combat intestinal parasites or scabies and are taken in one-dose, Dobbs said.
"I think some people are trying to use this a preventative, which I think is really kind of crazy, so please don’t do that," Dobbs said.
At least one person has been hospitalized because of ivermectin-related toxicity, Dobbs said.
"Please work with your doctor. This is medical treatment," Dobbs said. "You wouldn’t get your chemotherapy at a feed store. I mean, you wouldn’t get 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."
State epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers is appalled by the high numbers of consumptions.
"Why in the world would an individual would want to take a medication for livestock that number one has no oversite, no FDA approval, there are no FDA studies on almost. Those are animal medications, and they are very high concentrations that could lead to human toxicity.
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It’s the same medicine, but in bulk buy. So, why not?
10,000 U.S. citizens, or more, are stranded in Afghanistan. The southern border is wide open. Inflation is through the roof.
And, a bogus story like this garners the attention of the brain dead media ?
Because shut up.
BS. People can do the math to compute the dosage.
Because it might help.
And our mediquacks can't have that...
How is the Big Pharma CEO going to get his 3rd house at the Hamptons?
when SHTF it will be your source till it runs out, boy scouts know what to do.
” I mean, you wouldn’t get your pneumonia with your animal’s medication.”
LOLWUT???
Some get Dobbs a pearl necklace and a fainting couch, STAT!!!
Well, it IS usually meant for heavy animals mostly, so one would have to swatch the dosage.
Even goats can weigh as much as humans so one has to beware.
Exactly. Big Pharma is making billions of these vaccines. So for a Covid patient to buy an $20 tube of ivermectin at the Tractor Supply? No way.
Why can I get these things in third world countries over the counter - but not here in Gulag America?
Why not? The government treats us like animals.
I predict when this is all over, there will be a seismic paradigm shift in the entire healthcare industry. You’ll see more people simply adopt natural, pro-active remedies such as eating right, exercising, and taking natural medicines or vitamins/minerals. Far from implementing a Great Reset, it has only awakened people.
But the state health departments are not trustworthy.
Perhaps jokes like homeopathy will also come back? Just about the same as any other non-medical solution.
Is a catscan OK?
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