Blind, in liver failure due to Ivermectin OD

[greenman3610]

Link to tweet

?s=20

Pt is blind and in liver failure due to Ivermectin OD. MD informed him he does not qualify for a transplant. He broke down and begged us to save his life. Saying that he refused the vax bc he thought it was too risky. Teeth gnawing regret.

Asked us to share his story. #GetVaxxed

[XanaDUer2]

1. jeez

the vaccinations would have been safe, easy, and free.

[LisaL]

2. Vaccine is too risky but horse paste

isn't? The mind boggles.

[littlemissmartypants]

24. And boggles the mind. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to have been

A functional mind at work here. At least not a logical, critically thinking mind.

[womanofthehills]

29. So, WHO is Nurse Carla?

A tweet from a person with no name, not naming a hospital or any info? Hello? When did anonymous people become sources of news?

[Bristlecone]

32. Carla (Avatar pic included here) was a character on Scrubs

I agree w/ you.

[madville]

67. Seems like an outlandish troll account playing on peoples' emotions

All the posts on it are over the top to get a reaction

[lostnfound]

75. Agreed.

[ismnotwasm]

33. Probably a ICU RN, sharing on Twitter

I’m a Med-Surg RN and we gave ivermectin most recently for a maggot infection. My unit gets just a few of the Covid patients because we are a transplant unit. We have a dedicated unit and a dedicated ICU, or partially dedicated anyway. Need all the beds we can right now

[2Gingersnaps]

36. She says patient begged her to share..........

But this is what an actual HIPPA violation would look like, anyone connected to patients care sharing his medical information for any purpose other than his immediate medical treatment. She cannot give out any potential identifying information.

[wnylib]

41. Couldn't she give identifying info if she had the patient's consent?

[dflprincess]

42. I think so

but she better have it in writing, signed, witnessed, and notarized.

[LisaL]

43. I don't think it's up to the nurse to decide that.

NT

[dflprincess]

46. If the patient requested the nurse to make it public

she's the one who would need to protect herself with the steps I listed.

[LisaL]

52. What I meant, she can't just decide on her own to make it public,

even if the patient asked her to, she needs to inform the hospital.

[dflprincess]

58. Good point

the hospital would take care of the rest of my list. Nobody messes around with risking a HIPPA violation.

[Maru Kitteh]

78. Oh HELL no. She'd be fired by almost any hospital/clinic, etc.

Too much liability. If you want to help a patient share their story it has to be approved by the management, PR department, lawyers, ethicists, etc., etc., and so on.

[rpannier]

48. Joe Rogan is taking Ivermectin

Last edited Mon Sep 6, 2021, 11:59 PM - Edit history (1)

and he has money and a popular show, ergo it must be a good idea

on edit: according to Alex Jones

[Demsrule86]

64. Joe rogan took the Monoclonal Antibody treatment...he is full of shit...bet he never really

took Ivermectin...he is a liar and a fraud.

[rpannier]

66. I forgot something in my post

according to Alex Jones

[Iggo]

69. He's pretty smart for a dumbshit.

But he's still a dumbshit.

[riversedge]

3. This is so sad. And it happens over and over.

[niyad]

4. Oooops.

[Casady1]

5. Science nazi says

No science for you.

[Celerity]

6. Suicide by horse paste, such a QMAGAt way to go

[RKP5637]

8. It is all such a total WTF. Science/Doctors wrong/untrustworthy, rumors and horse medicines are good

Definitely in the Twilight Zone.

[Celerity]

12. it actually is simple to explain

It is the RW conspiratorial agitprop that has been around for ages, post WWII, now repackaged and disseminated with a nuclear-powered level boost via social media.

It is reflexive control and nonlinear warfare writ large, writ on a globalised scale of economy.

Pseudo-democratic rhetoric with submerged undemocratic intent, utilising the obliteration of objective truth as its tip of the spear.

[RKP5637]

34. Yes! Absolutely! And it's so damn disgusting. n/t

[leftieNanner]

13. Science/Doctors wrong until...........

you can't breathe, your liver fails, and you go blind.

THEN you run to the hospital (full of science AND doctors) and ask them to save you.

SMDH

[NurseJackie]

16. Don't forget fluoride.

Evil.

[Champp]

7. Why do Republicans hate themselves?

Oh, wait, forget I asked. I haven't got time to read all the answers.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

47. I think they pretty much hate everybody.

I would say it's in their DNA, except they don't believe in real science, y'know.

[Joinfortmill]

9. Illogical thinking is killing these folks.

[FakeNoose]

10. Sorry I'm not buying this story

Way too many questions here.

[Sherman A1]

22. Yup

It rings up as No Sale to me as well.

[LanternWaste]

50. Sure... no one in America is as dumb as the patient referred to in the OP, right?

Regardless of pretty rings or daily sales, I'm sure you have an objective reason to discount it.

[Ms. Toad]

62. Nurse Carla is a fictional character on a TV show.

https://scrubs.fandom.com/wiki/Carla_Espinosa



Good enough reason for me to discount it.

[druidity33]

74. And i'm sure...

if you knew you were violating HIIPA you would use your own personal account to do so...

[Shermann]

54. But but somebody took the time to anonymously tweet something! nt

[Sherman A1]

72. The world would be a much better place

With fewer or no tweets in my opinion.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

27. Lmfao!

[Silent3]

39. Why the doubt? The symptoms reported match those described for ivermectin overdose

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/ivermectin-oral-tablet#side-effects
https://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12917-015-0603-6

The second link, about blindness, is in a lion not a human, but I also found another article about blindness in dogs, so it would seem that blindness in any mammal is not a surprise (blindness that's typically temporary -- but you do have to live long enough for recovery to take place).

There's probably a lot new being discovered right now about ivermectin overdose in humans, because it's terribly unlikely at any time in the past that so many humans were taking horse-sized doses of the stuff all at once.

Now, of course, anyone can make up and post any story on the internet. My point is that this story isn't particularly untrustworthy for any reason.

[Ms. Toad]

63. Any reason, aside from the fact that Nurse Carla is a fictional character? n/t

[FakeNoose]

65. Yeah, and her photo looks real too

Not!

[Silent3]

70. A lot of people use fake and/or cutesy names for their Twitter accounts

Link to tweet

[Rob H.]

76. THANK YOU so much for pointing this out

I'm surprised no one in this thread is outraged (not yet, anyway) that The Volatile Mermaid isn't an actual mermaid.

Edit: I don't think your link is working, btw. It takes me to a page that says the post is unavailable, but not which account posted it.

Further edits for clarity.

[LanternWaste]

49. What specifically leads you to allege as such?

Other than the ultra-generic, "Way too many questions here" line...

[lostnfound]

53. I don't buy it either. I have doubts about that tweet

It has the marks of some typical troll from people. Maybe yes, maybe no. But the use of emojis, the prevalence of memes, the number of followers…

Saw it, checked it out, had my doubts.

[ecstatic]

60. LOL! I think the final few words raised my suspicion

Asked us to share his story.

That line overplayed it, I think. Also, are there really that many people who think the vaccine is risky but horse dewormer isn't? It doesn't sound possible, but who knows?

[keithbvadu2]

11. Medical advice from Fox news.

Medical advice from Fox news.

And then he goes to the medical folks he does not trust.

[Locrian]

14. took me awhile but pt is "patient" ? nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Yes, you are correct. In medical terms, pt. patient. n/t

[COL Mustard]

28. For Now

Soon I imagine he'll be ex-patient...pining for the fjords.

[Goodheart]

17. Funny... I care more for that nurse than for her dying patient.

[hadEnuf]

18. Pitiful.

n/t

[ouija]

20. Thoughts and prayers

[liberalmuse]

19. I hope everyone here is prepared to hear this story thousands of times.

The anti-vaxxers think stories like this are part of the conspiracy, so they will continue to refuse the Covid vaccine and dose themselves with Ivermectin. I think it's long past time to hold the "media" outlets responsible for spreading disinformation responsible. They are helping people essentially commit suicide while creating undue stress and exhaustion for US healthcare workers. Any outlet willfully spreading disinformation causing harm to others should be heavily fined or open to mass lawsuits.

[IronLionZion]

21. Republicans have sown distrust in American institutions

Conservatives trusted the government during Tuskegee experiments and CIA torture but won't trust a vaccine that is given free to everyone regardless of race or politics. RW douchebags like Trump, Pence, Abbott, and DeSantis have taken the shots.

If the COVID shots were some nefarious liberal plot, why would liberals be taking it?

[NCjack]

23. We should pity him? He and his kind have driven the price up on Ivermectin

and deprived a lot of deserving horses and sheep that can't afford treatment.

[littlemissmartypants]

26. Yep. There are always more consequences for behavior than most realize.

The domino effect in effect.

[COL Mustard]

25. I Can't Have Even A Scintilla Of Sympathy For This Stupid

Honestly, if you're that goddam stupid, just freaking die already.

[lame54]

30. He was always blind

[bucolic_frolic]

31. I don't know what's wrong with these people

Human survival was always based on adaptation, rapid response to threatening situations, embracing novelty to find the best solutions. These folks are so rigid-minded they just think they're brilliant, they're so narcissistic they believe fervently that fortune/God/Trump/equally paranoid Quack has revealed medical breakthrough only to them and theirs. I think it's more than just brainwashing, lots of people watch bad sources of information, they don't ALL go soft in the head. I'm thinking it's diet - junk food, fatty foods, additives that make the brain slow, lethargic. But even there I don't see how they could all be couch potatoes.

[wnylib]

51. It's rugged individualism, which breeds

excessive independence to the point of paranoid distrust of government and social norms. Also breeds a false sense of patriotism as being equivalent to anti government individualism. Add to that the current political polarization and the individualists feel obligated to oppose anything and everything that their political opponents endorse.

That explains, IMO, the specific politics of the pandemic in our times. But pandemics in the past have produced similar types of behavior. It seems that there are always people who react to pandemic crises with an inability to face reality. They embrace denial first, and when the reality of the illness sinks in, they turn to imaginative explanations, treatments, and cures that often spread the disease even more and doom them to die as victims.

That's what happened in the 1918 flu pandemic and in the Medieval Black Plague.

Disaster movies always show at least one person or group of people who act irrationally, disbelieving, or rebellious against calm, sensible leadership. I used to think that those depictions were melodramatic contrivances to push the plot along. Now I know that they are based on accurate perceptions of human nature that seem timeless.

[Blue Owl]

35. Too bad so sad

[sakabatou]

37. It's hard to feel any pity at all for those who refused the vaccine

[Marcuse]

38. !

[C Moon]

40. Jesus. The right wing is killing their people off,

to keep the virus alive, so the economy doesn’t improve under Democratic leadership.

The GOP is effing NUTS!

[James48]

44. Ok by me.

Hope they keep it up.

[dflprincess]

45. Didn't trust the vaccine but would trust anti-rejections drugs?

One of the requirements for a transplant is that the patient or his/her caregiver can be trusted to manage and stick to the post transplant medication schedule.

I'd say this guy is a poor risk for that.

[Danascot]

55. Read on twitter

can't find it atm but:

"Whose brilliant idea was it to put the microchips in the horse paste?"

[Blue Owl]

56. Softly and tenderly, Herman is calling...

[Rhiannon12866]

57. Twitter followup:

Link to tweet

[Demovictory9]

59. Sad

[Johnny2X2X]

61. Well

[Initech]

68. So the vaccine is too risky but taking horse deworming medicine isn't? FML.

Fuck Facebook.

[roamer65]

71. Natural selection at work.

[leftyladyfrommo]

73. I just can't hate these peoplr. It is just really sad. nt

[Aristus]

77. Bet you're glad you didn't get that pesky vaccine, though, right?