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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlorida official wants Gov. DeSantis to make the unproven COVID-19 treatment ivermectin more widely
availableA 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
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Florida official wants Gov. DeSantis to make the unproven COVID-19 treatment ivermectin more widely (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Sep 2021
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ananda
(28,837 posts)1. Follow the money.
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carpetbagger
(4,390 posts)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
(11,605 posts)9. There's not much money in Ivermectin
It's cheap and I don't think it's patentable.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,583 posts)2. I was hoping it was Borowitz or The Onion
Sadly it's a real headline.
Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)3. How much stock does he have.
He is pushing it really hard.
Botany
(70,449 posts)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
(17,159 posts)6. Combee's next medical breakthrough: Skin cancer can be cured
by putting lots of Band-Aids on it.
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struggle4progress
(118,237 posts)8. Neil the Genius is also pushing Pepcid AC!
democrattotheend
(11,605 posts)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.