Rolling Stone Does It Again
Looks like Ivermectin is the new hydroxychloroquine.
Recent reports that the drug - derisively referred to as “horse paste” by sneering members of the media - was helpful in the treatment of Covid-19 are being attacked by the mainstream media.
When podcaster Joe Rogan said last week that he beat Covid-19 in just a few days using a variety of treatments, including Ivermectin, the media pounced. He was ingesting horse meds, they hooted.
Look, I’m not a doctor. I have no idea if Ivermectin is effective. I wouldn’t take it without a prescription from my physician.
But Ivermectin is not simply horse paste nor is it used only in veterinary medicine. Like many drugs - including antibiotics - it’s used for both humans and animals.
Here, read the description in Wikipedia:
Ivermectin is a medication used to treat parasite infestations. In humans, these include head lice, scabies, river blindness (onchocerciasis), strongyloidiasis, trichuriasis, ascariasis, and lymphatic filariasis. In veterinary medicine, it is used to prevent and treat heartworm and acariasis, among other indications. It can be taken by mouth or applied to the skin for external infestations. It belongs to the avermectin family of medications. It works through many mechanisms of action that result in death of the targeted parasites
Ivermectin was discovered in 1975 and came into medical use in 1981. In 2015, William Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for its discovery and applications.
You read that correctly, the discovery of this medication resulted in a Nobel prize, according to this source. That doesn’t mean it works against the coronavirus, but it does means it’s a worthwhile medicine.
In what appears to be another adventure in Rolling Stone fiction, that magazine published a bizarre hit piece last week claiming that a hospital in Oklahoma was so overrun with Ivermectin overdoses that patients with gunshot wounds were not getting treatment. The entire story was attributed to one Dr. Jason McElyea:
"The ERs are so backed up that gunshot victims were having hard times getting to facilities where they can get definitive care and be treated," McElyea told RS.
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow - who loves nothing more than ridiculing people she considers rubes - reported on the story as if it were true. So did scores of other outlets.
Not one reporter made a single call to doublecheck the preposterous story.
Fox News reported that, “The Northeastern Hospital System, which McElyea works for, issued a statement regarding his association with the hospitals reported in the story. The NHS revealed while McElyea "is affiliated" with a medial staffing group, he has not worked at the location in question for 2 months nor has he treated any ivermectin overdoses
"Although Dr. Jason McElyea is not an employee of NHS Sequoyah, he is affiliated with a medical staffing group that provides coverage for our emergency room. With that said, Dr. McElyea has not worked at our Sallisaw location in over 2 months. NHS Sequoyah has not treated any patients due to complications related to taking ivermectin. This includes not treating any patients for ivermectin overdose," the statement reads.
"All patients who have visited our emergency room have received medical attention as appropriate," NHS said. "Our hospital has not had to turn away any patients seeking emergency care. We want to reassure our community that our staff is working hard to provide quality healthcare to all patients. We appreciate the opportunity to clarify this issue and as always, we value our community’s support.”
In other words, the story is fake.
Reluctant to retract a story which was getting clicks and delighting elites like Maddow, Rolling Stone put an “Update” on the top of the story and a long, convoluted correction. Yet it left the discredited story online and left-wing outlets continue to link to it.
Instead of reporting honestly on Ivermectin and raising reasonable questions about its efficacy, the liberal media is on a mission to make anyone taking the medication look like a loon.
Ask yourselves why they would do this.
Like the fake rape story out of UVa, Rolling Stone’s eagerness to vilify something it doesn’t like - frat boys, Covid therapeutics that might cause people not to get vaxxed - has resulted in that magazine hastily publishing stories that were untrue.
Reason number 5,192 not to trust the media.
