'You wouldn't get your chemotherapy at a feed store,' warned a state health official. Livestock anti-parasite medication ivermectin can be deadly to humans.
Fearful Mississipians skeptical of the safety of vaccinations are shockingly turning instead to swallowing ivermectin — generally used to eradicate or prevent parasites in livestock.
“Do not use ivermectin products made for animals,” Mississippi’s Health Department flatly stated in a“I think some people are trying to use it as a [COVID-19] preventative, which I think is really kind of crazy, so please don’t do that,” Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said at a press briefing Wednesday.
“You wouldn’t get your chemotherapy at a feed store. You wouldn’t treat your pneumonia with your animal’s medication,” he added. “It can be dangerous to get the wrong doses of medication, especially for something that’s meant for a horse or a cow. It’s really important, if people have medical needs, go through your physician or provider.”to health care providers in the state concerning the increase in poison control calls due to possible ivermectin toxicity.
“At least 70% of the recent calls have been related to ingestion of livestock or animal formulations of ivermectin purchased at livestock supply centers,” noted the alert. “Please don’t take livestock dewormers; just get vaccinated” is a real thing I said to family members multiple times this month.
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