Hospitals And Ambulances Are Overflowing In Oklahoma With People OD'ing On Horse De-Wormer

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58. People are obviously taking doses that are much too large.

Whether that's because somebody is encouraging people to take huge doses or it's just a matter of stupid people making bad guesses, stories are popping up in lots of different places. One article I looked at said medications for horses are often very highly concentrated. That would certainly make it easy to miscalculate.

Here are some stories I found just now:

Kansas: https://www.wibw.com/2021/09/01/calls-poison-control-er-visits-increase-kansans-self-treat-covid-with-ivermectin/

Minnesota: https://www.fox9.com/news/ivermectin-poison-control-calls-increase-in-minnesota-in-august-amid-covid-19-misinformation

Utah: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2021/08/30/utah-poison-control/

Florida: https://www.winknews.com/2021/08/31/demand-skyrockets-for-ivermectin-in-florida-poison-control-spikes/

Kentucky: https://www.wkyt.com/2021/09/01/calls-ky-poison-control-center-over-ivermectin-have-increased/

Oregon: https://www.malheurenterprise.com/posts/8841/around-oregon-intentional-misuse-of-ivermectin-rises-in-oregon