February 2, 2022

More On Christine And Taste of Sicily (The Story's Gaining Traction!)

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First, there's this local (TV) coverage from Fox43 WPMT:

LEBANON COUNTY, Pa. — After a series of videos were released on social media accusing a Lebanon County restaurant of acting as a conduit to coordinate distribution of Ivermectin, an alternative, non-FDA approved treatment for COVID-19, officials have confirmed they are investigating the allegations.

Taste of Sicily, owned by Christine Mason's mother, Silvana Drill, and operated by restaurant manager Mike Magano, have used their Facebook page throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to pronounce their views, and to show that they wouldn't abide by some of the COVID-19 restrictions Gov. Tom Wolf put into place for restaurants during 2020.

And: 

In a video posted on the Taste of Sicily Facebook page on Jan. 26, Mason can be seen telling people to "read between the lines" and that she has "life-saving information."

Mason claims in the video she has a "resource that can save your life if you're sick," and encourages people to reach out to her for more information.

In the video, Mason says that she has "H" or "I" and you can "get it tomorrow" because it "ships from Pennsylvania."

And then there's this from Pennlive: 

Complaints that a woman is apparently using the Facebook page of a Palmyra pizza restaurant to connect people to unproven COVID-19 treatments have been turned over to the state Attorney General.

And: 

[Lebanon County District Attorney Pier] Hess Graff said she referred the matter to the state Attorney General’s Office, which she said is the appropriate agency to investigate allegations involving multiple counties. A spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office said she could not confirm or deny the office’s involvement.

The complaints have to do with Christine Mason, who posted videos on Taste of Sicily’s Facebook page in which she described a process for connecting people to a physician who could prescribe medications she referred to as “H” or “I.”

People who interacted with her on social media referred to the medications as ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine.

But the real fun stuff is happening on twitter. Take a look:

Some damning allegations and an answer to Savannah's final question can be found here:
All that's left is for the local, state and federal authorities to verify all that info and proceed with an official investigation (if that's not already happening).
 
AN UPDATE: In this blog post, I named her "Christine Wartluft" as that is how I found her named here in October, 2020:
Michael Mangano and his sister/co-owner Christine Wartluft reopened Taste of Sicily in May after being closed for two months during the beginning of the pandemic.

I should have dug a little deeper for a more current name.

My apologies.

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