Florida official wants Gov. DeSantis to make the unproven COVID-19 treatment ivermectin more widely

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

available

A Florida county commissioner wrote a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis pleading that the livestock deworming drug ivermectin become more widely available for people who are struggling with COVID-19.

In the letter, Commissioner Neil Combee called ivermectin a "wonder drug," according to NBC affiliate WFLA.

"We are hearing from many of our citizens that larger hospital chains and some pharmacies are refusing to prescribe safe and effective therapeutics like hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin," Combee's letter said. "When a citizen is facing a potentially life-threatening case of COVID-19, he or she should receive the 'right to try' potentially life-saving therapeutics."

Commissioners in Polk County, Florida, are expected to vote on whether to send the letter to the governor on Tuesday, WFLA reported.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/florida-official-wants-gov-ron-desantis-to-make-the-controversial-and-unproven-covid-19-treatment-ivermectin-more-widely-available/ar-AAO6d22

[ananda]

1. Follow the money.

...

[carpetbagger]

4. Big Ag lol. What's good for cows...

Glad to see he's not become less of a troll than he was when I lived in Florida, when he was blaming Obama for being the one who gassed the Syrian civilians.

[democrattotheend]

9. There's not much money in Ivermectin

It's cheap and I don't think it's patentable.

[MustLoveBeagles]

2. I was hoping it was Borowitz or The Onion

Sadly it's a real headline.

[Texaswitchy]

3. How much stock does he have.

He is pushing it really hard.

[Botany]

5. Intestinal parasites and worms in a horse's G.I. tract and

a viral attack on epithelial cells in lungs are pretty much the same thing.

[Buns_of_Fire]

6. Combee's next medical breakthrough: Skin cancer can be cured

by putting lots of Band-Aids on it.

[struggle4progress]

8. Neil the Genius is also pushing Pepcid AC!

https://www.theledger.com/story/news/coronavirus/2021/09/03/polk-county-commissioners-want-desantis-support-pepcid-ac-ivermectin-for-covid/5719465001/

[democrattotheend]

10. Honestly, I am not sure I disagree

It seems ineffective but mostly harmless when prescribed by doctors in human doses. So I think it would be better from a safety perspective if it were easier to get a prescription for it that will actually be filled so people have no reason to eat horse paste.