Arkansas jail's ivermectin experiments recall historical medical abuse of imprisoned minorities

[Judi Lynn]

The exploitation reflects America’s longstanding history of abusing medically abusing vulnerable communities of color

This story contains graphic descriptions of medical abuse

Maya Yang
Mon 14 Feb 2022 03.30 EST

In late August last year, four inmates at the Washington county detention center in north-west Arkansas contracted Covid-19. In the days that followed, the four men were relocated to a quarantine block in the prison.

In the block, the inmates were given a cocktail of drugs. They soon began to suffer a series of side effects including vision issues, diarrhea, bloody stools and stomach cramps.

It was only later that they discovered they had been prescribed, without their consent, significantly high doses of ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug commonly used on livestock animals including cows and horses.

The story of what may have happened in a small slice of Arkansas nestled against the Ozark hills has shocked many in America and come to symbolize the political divides triggered by the pandemic. The scheme reflects a growing obsession with ivermectin as a Covid-19 treatment – especially among rightwing communities in the US.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/14/arkansas-prison-covid-19-ivermectin-experiment-minorities-medical-abuse

[Dr. Shepper]

1. The doctor who prescribed the

Overdose of ivermectin should lose his license to practice. No mention in the article if he is being brought in front of his state medical board. There are articles from August that he is being investigated.

[Rebl2]

5. Absolutely

[3Hotdogs]

2. One of my cousins takes Ivermectin and she ain't gotten the Rona. "It works."

Then another cousin (I have 19 first cousins) --- she got the first two vax shots but she ain't gonna get the third... "I won't let the gub'mint dictate to me."

Then why she got the first two.....?

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R

Criminal. Shameful.

Disgusting.

The authorities involved should rot in prison.

[Smackdown2019]

4. Cruel

Their bill of rights were violated!