This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Wednesday 9 February 2022
Doubling Down on Ivermectin 'Therapy'?
It must be strongly reiterated that Ivermectin is- a) a compound developed as a treatment for parasitic worms in cattle; b) is not designed for humans and is dangerous to people at high dosages and c) has been repeatedly shown to have no benefits as a treatment for viral infections, such that by Covid19. In spite of this, an Arkansas prison doctor has been accused to dosing inmates at Washington County Jail with Ivermectin. He allegedly told the prisoners that the tablets were steroids or vitamins. That doctor is currently being sued, for breaking his Hippocratic oath, by the Arkansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. A Washington County Justice of the Peace has, however, introduced (whilst carefully absolving himself of any responsibility for the efficacy of Ivermectin treatment) a resolution to the local quorum of the court's jail and enforcement committee, commending the doctor for his handling of the Covid pandemic in the prison (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/08/arkansas-doctor-ivermectin-treated-inmates-lawsuit). This praising of the doctor for a "job well done", seems wholly inappropriate. His actions, if confirmed, seem redolent of a concentration camp scientist in World War 2. Medics in local hospitals are less positive about his actions. They are having to treat some of the prison inmates damaged by the excessive doses of Ivermectin.
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