The anti-vaccination crowd has found a new way to maybe get people killed. Goodbye, hydroxychloroquine. Hello ivermectin, a horse dewormer.
The drug began circulating in goonybird rhetoric last December as a possible treatment for prophylaxis in COVID-19 patients. It’s since entered conspiracy theory circles as the simple cure They don’t want you to know about because vaccination is all a scam to put autistic microchips into us or something.
Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) – the man who also touted the theory that the violent insurrectionists that attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6 were secretly anti-Trump forces trying to make the president look bad – is responsible for putting the drug in the spotlight. He invited Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC) doctor and co-leader Paul Marik, chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, to testify in the Senate.
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Hypothermia can set in quickly if you’re not careful in this bitter cold
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HOUSTON – Frigid temperatures are sweeping across the country. Local health experts said the cold weather can cause your body to lose heat faster than it can produce it.
“Hypothermia and cold temperatures go parallel and there is definitely some danger associated with them,” said Dr. Ambica Sandhir, an ER Physician at St. Luke’s Health-Patients Medical Center.
“I think people need to understand that Houston is not prepared for this. Houston is not prepared, and Houstonians are not prepared,” said Dr. Joseph Varon with United Memorial Medical Center.
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Barbara Washington, 65, receives a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Friday in an Alamodome drive-thru line.Photos by Jessica Phelps / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Medical staff welcome motorists at the COVID-19 vaccination drive through at Delmar Stadium on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Houston. The site is operated in a partnership between the city and United Memorial Medical Center.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Recently vaccinated people wait for 15 minutes after getting the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at HOPE Clinic in Houston on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less