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[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 1 points 50 minutes ago

These people have blue check marks so they know what they are talking about

[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 23 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Even with the best medical care, Hantavirus has a 20% fatality rate.

Let’s just hope that conservatives continue being so anti-vaccine… a few more pandemics with human-transmissible highly-fatal viruses and maybe we can get that socialist utopia that the right always cock-blocks us from achieving.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Last time I checked, most Democrats are pro-vaccine and very pro-capitalist.

[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Democrats are not “of the left”, they are actually right-lite.

Aside from a tiny handful of Dems like AOC and Bernie - who would be classified as solid centrists in any other country - there are no politicians “on the left” anywhere at the Federal level.

Relevant meme.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, I agree with you, but Democrat "right-lite" (or whatever you want to call them) are still getting their shots.

[–] KulunkelBoom@lemmus.org 7 points 6 hours ago

There is no doubt there are redcoats still sitting on warehouses full of this stuff, who couldn't get rid of it "way back then". These snake oil salesmen and purveyors of lucky charms expected to make millions from selling shit that doesn't work. Not for viral control anyway.

And so by voice of king god donnie (kgd), it's time to bring it back and MANDATE it (quick before it's all out of date).

I wonder how many square feet of the "Big I" Mr. Wormbrain has left to get rid of. Or does he use it to actually deworm?

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 26 points 10 hours ago

This doctor was previously suspended for vaccine misinformation and now has a complaint against her by the texas medical board for numerous violations of professional conduct, including prescribing medication without ever meeting or examining a patient.

She filed a defamation lawsuit against the hospital which she lost. Ouch. Best of luck to her in keeping her certification, and in finding a new job! She should become trumps personal dr.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 31 points 11 hours ago

Just so everyone is clear, this is total bullshit — I understand MTG has had her broken clock moments but she's still batshit insane.

[–] JuliaSuraez@lemmy.world 21 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Nothing says ‘we learned nothing’ like speedrunning the exact same miracle-cure discourse all over again.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

They did learn something. How to profit off of fucking morons

[–] DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 18 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I really hope we don’t have a pandemic. Hentavirus has a 30% death rate. Being against masks, against vaccines, having fadigue of lockdowns would kill at of people

[–] naun@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

We won't. This virus is only transmitted in close contact. None of the the science-based community I follow are worried, so I'm not worried.

[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Some variants like the Andes strain are developing the ability to be human-transmissible. It has been recorded jumping from one human host to the next in prior outbreaks. Once it evolves to be trivially-transmissible, all bets are off.

[–] naun@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

My comment addressed the Andes strain. Although it is human transmissable, it requires close contact. That's why it's currently not much of a concern.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 2 points 1 hour ago

Also, at the societal level, the high lethality of the virus makes it far less likely to be able to spread broadly.

[–] motruck@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 hours ago

Movie trailer voice: Coming this Sumner the bigly huge cross-over you've all been waiting for. Henta19 it spreads like covid and kills like henta. Evolving now as we decide to do nothing for global stability. Ivermectin has met its match, baby!

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 hours ago

This strain is spread by close, intimate contact. Keep mice and rats out of your home, clean up their poop with a wet paper towel if you find it. This will help prevent poop dust from being kicked up, which is how the virus is typically transmitted.

Yes Hantavirus is scary. You can pretty effectively protect yourself, and if you walk in somewhere and happen to spot mice poop just chillin — politely inform whoever is living with mice about what I just told you and leave.

[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 12 hours ago

Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

Invermectin does that in vino. BUT In vitro, inside an actual human body, the amount of ivermectin required to create that effect will kill tHe patient. So no, its just not a viable treatment.

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 23 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

In vitro is in the lab, literally "in glass" (e.g. a petri dish or test tube). In vivo is in the living organism. In vino I guess not very much survives at all, the ethanol concentration is too high.

[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago

Invermectin does that in vino.

in vino.

What does wine have to do with it?

And is it white or red wine, or can we run with just any old plonk?

ducksandruns sorrynotsorry

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

You swapped your latins

Edit: if this was mastermind, you went from yellow yellow to green gray

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 2 points 1 hour ago

Veni, Vidi, Versace

[–] Inucune@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Remember, if a drug kills a threat in a petri dish, so does a handgun.

[–] arc99@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago

In any sane country Mary Talley Bowden MD would be struck off the medical register for propagating this brain damage.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 61 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

We let them the first time too. If you want to eat horse paste who am I to stop you?

[–] treesapx@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Actually by sheer volume they were taking all the horse paste away from the horses who needed it so rural supply stores had to lock down their supplies for only people who could prove they owned livestock.

[–] percent@infosec.pub 2 points 6 hours ago

Humans were consuming so much horse paste that there was a shortage?! That's wild.

I guess I never really knew why so many people associate ivermectin with horses. I would not have guessed that 😆

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

As a Canadian who lives on a farm...

That is so so sad. America is doomed.

[–] JayDee@lemmy.world 44 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

The new hot cure to hantavirus: bloodletting! Balance your humors and align your chakras with this one simple trick!

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 10 points 14 hours ago

Screw all of this wacky, inconsistent, cynical medical advice. Bring barbers back!

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 42 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Ah, it's refreshing to see her back to saying crazy bullshit again.

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