Or maybe not.
“As the story ran, it sounded like all
of Oklahoma hospitals were filled with
people who have overdosed on ivermectin and that’s not the case … The cases
we are seeing, people who are overdosing on ivermectin, they are taking full-strength cattle doses and coming in and
that is something that could be avoided,”
the doctor at the heart of the story that
went international told News9.
Okay, so maybe this isn’t a full-fledged epidemic in need of a cheap-
and-cheesy graphic behind every
anchor telling their nightly scary stories
around the glow of a television, but still,
let’s wind back the tape on that bit.
“People who are overdosing on ivermectin, they are taking full strength
cattle doses.”
Nothing says “I’m not a sheep” quite
like overdosing on livestock medication.
Those in favor of the ivermectin
treatment are quick to point out that
the medication won a Nobel prize in
2015 for its application as an anti-parasitic. That it did. It seems like a wonderful drug, when properly prescribed
by a doctor, but ODing on horse paste
just to soil yourself in a grocery
store or while writhing on the floor of a packed ER lobby
just sounds like a terrible
way to end any that ends in “-day.”
One Oklahoman buttering their bread with horse paste is too many, so I say to those asking themselves, “Should I take concentrated horse dewormer because my cousin shared a meme about it?” That answer is no.
Absolutely not. What the hell is wrong with you?
Why are we even having to say this oh my god stop it just stop.
This article appears in Oktoberfest.