See that part w-a-a-a-y up in the upper left hand corner? The part that reads:
Doug Mastriano Retweeted
That's the treason-adjacent PA State Senator Doug Mastriano spreading medical misinformation.
Why is this misinformation?
There's a hint of this tucked into the bottom of Doug's retweet:
FDA and WHO caution against its use
How many members of Mastriano's Army, do you think, will even bother to dig
into that? Or even read the article he retweeted? My guess is that they'll read the part above the image and then consider themselves well informed.
If they do read
the article
they'll find this:
The FDA said on its website it “received multiple reports of patients who have required medical support and been hospitalized after self-medicating with ivermectin.”The “FDA has not approved ivermectin for use in treating or preventing COVID-19 in humans,” it said. “Ivermectin tablets are approved at very specific doses for some parasitic worms, and there are topical (on the skin) formulations for head lice and skin conditions like rosacea. Ivermectin is not an antiviral (a drug for treating viruses). Taking large doses of this drug is dangerous and can cause serious harm.”
And
this is why
what State Senator Doug Mastriano did was so dangerous:
Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug commonly used for livestock, should not be taken to treat or prevent Covid-19, the Food and Drug Administration said on Saturday.
The warning came a day after the Mississippi State Department of Health issued a similar statement in response to reports that an increasing number of people in Mississippi were using the drug to prevent a Covid infection.
And:
In Mississippi, where only 37 percent of the population is fully vaccinated, more than two-thirds of recent calls placed to the state’s poison control center were related to “ingestion of livestock or animal formulations of Ivermectin purchased at livestock supply centers,” the state department of health said in a news release.
The FDA even tweeted:
You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y'all. Stop it. https://t.co/TWb75xYEY4
— U.S. FDA (@US_FDA) August 21, 2021
We'll note that Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano did NOT retweet the FDA's info on ivermectin.
But let's look at what the FDA does say about invermectin:
FDA has not approved ivermectin for use in treating or preventing COVID-19 in humans. Ivermectin tablets are approved at very specific doses for some parasitic worms, and there are topical (on the skin) formulations for head lice and skin conditions like rosacea. Ivermectin is not an anti-viral (a drug for treating viruses).
And:
Ivermectin tablets are approved by the FDA to treat people with intestinal strongyloidiasis and onchocerciasis, two conditions caused by parasitic worms. In addition, some topical (on the skin) forms of ivermectin are approved to treat external parasites like head lice and for skin conditions such as rosacea.
Some forms of ivermectin are used in animals to prevent heartworm disease and certain internal and external parasites. It’s important to note that these products are different from the ones for people, and safe when used as prescribed for animals, only.
But the treason-adjacent didn't pass this along either, did he?
Here's the thing: There already is something out there supported by a mountain of medical evidence that, by taking it, you'll greatly reduce your chances of getting sick and dying from Covid. It's even free.
It's called the vaccine.
But State Senator Doug Mastriano didn't say that, did he?