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A doctor in rural Oklahoma said the number of people overdosing on the deworming medication ivermectin was so high that emergency rooms were filled to the brim.

The situation is so dire that people with gunshot wounds have to wait their turn to get treatment, Dr. Jason McElyea, an ER physician affiliated with hospitals in Sallisaw, told KFOR, an NBC affiliate in Oklahoma City.

McElyea spoke to the channel this week about the dangers of overdosing on the version of ivermectin meant for use in livestock. He said the hospitals he worked at became overwhelmed after people started taking ivermectin, believing unverified claims that it's an effective COVID-19 treatment.

"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 said.


https://www.insider.com/oklahomas-emergency-rooms-are-clogged-with-people-overdosing-on-ivermectin-2021-9

I mean, there's so much to unpack here, from the patients that are consuming horse paste as a cure-all, to the fact that there's also apparently a surge in gotshot wounds in rural Oklahoma... COVID seems to be the least of this community's problems.

I'm slightly amazed that someone can read some "cure" on FB, or here, or talk radio, or the Twitterverse, and it becomes a fad.  And often a dangerous one.

I think overall "trust" in the medical community has really taken a hit, maybe it was always that low for some among us.

I mean, there's so much to unpack here, from the patients that are consuming horse paste as a cure-all, to the fact that there's also apparently a surge in gunshot wounds in rural Oklahoma... COVID seems to be the least of this community's problems.

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