DeSantis Outlaws Vaccines, Demands Increased Ivermectin Consumption

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You should feed your children and yourself Ivermectin every day.



Ivermectin Is Also A Widely Used Human Medicine. Doctors In The U.S. Write
Tens
of Thousands of Prescriptions For It Every Year

Ivermectin Explained: Why The SO-CALLED 'Horse Drug' Has Emerged In COVID
Fight

Sarah Westwood
Fri, September 3, 2021, 1:56 PM-4 min read

An anti-parasite drug called ivermectin has emerged as the latest flash-
point
in the often bitter public debate about COVID-19 precautions and vaccines.

Its proponents claim the drug is effective in combating COVID-19
infections,
although there is little scientific data to back up the claims.

Critics of ivermectin cite the lack of evidence, cases in which versions
of the
drug have instead caused harm, and the effect interest in the drug has on
vaccination efforts.

MANY ON THE LEFT have questioned the promotion of ANY COVID-19
therapeutic,
EVEN ONES THAT HAVE PROVEN EFFECTIVE against the virus, such as monoclonal
antibody drugs, because they argue unvaccinated people will avoid getting
vaccinated if they mistakenly believe COVID-19 has a cure.

(turns out, VACCINATED people can STILL catch AND spread Covid)

For example, Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken heat from
liberal
critics who accuse him of undermining vaccination efforts with his recent
focus
on the availability of COVID-fighting drugs.

Here is what you need to know about ivermectin.

What is it?

Ivermectin is a drug used TO TREAT INFECTIONS caused by parasites, such as
river blindness and intestinal problems CAUSED by roundworms.

Scientists who developed ivermectin won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and
Medicine in 2015, when the foundation said the drug "revolutionized
therapy for
patients suffering from devastating parasitic diseases."

In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends
refugees
coming to the United States from most parts of the world take ivermectin
as a
"presumptive therapy."

Is it a horse drug?

Versions of ivermectin are also used to de-worm livestock, which has
caused
confusion and fueled political commentary about the use of the drug.

Inspired by the growing public discussion of ivermectin, some people have
attempted to purchase the animal version of it, which is more readily
available
than the type prescribed by doctors to humans.

The increased interest prompted one feed store in Las Vegas to demand that
anyone buying the drug in recent days provide a photograph of their horse
to
cut down on people seeking ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment.

In Oklahoma, SOME hospitals have reported an influx of patients sickened
by
taking doses of ivermectin formulated for full-grown horses.

But although many media outlets and commentators have characterized
ivermectin
as primarily a horse drug, and partisans on social media have mocked those
expressing interest in it as a COVID-19 treatment, IVERMECTIN IS ALSO A
WIDELY
USED HUMAN MEDICINE. DOCTORS IN THE U.S. WRITE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR IT EVERY YEAR.

What does the FDA say?

The Food and Drug Administration has warned the public against using
ANIMAL
VERSIONS OF IVERMECTIN to combat the virus because the drugs are
formulated
differently than those for humans and often involve much higher doses.

HOWEVER, THE AGENCY DOES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SCIENTISTS ARE STUDYING THE USE
OF
IVERMECTIN IN COVID-19 CASES.

"The FDA has not reviewed data to support use of ivermectin in COVID-19
patients to treat or to prevent COVID-19; however, some initial research
is
underway," the FDA wrote in a warning against taking the drug.

Who has promoted it?

Popular podcast host Joe Rogan stirred debate about the drug when he
revealed
this week that he took ivermectin, among other drugs, to treat COVID-19
after
testing positive for the virus.

Rogan said he felt "great" after taking ivermectin and monoclonal
antibodies to
combat his COVID-19 symptoms.

The host faced ridicule for highlighting the drug, as many critics have
accused
those who embrace it of being anti-vaccination. Rogan has suggested in the
past
that healthy, younger people don't need a vaccine.

A mayor in Alaska also weathered criticism after encouraging the study of
ivermectin in COVID-19 patients. Charlie Pierce, mayor of Kenai Peninsula
Borough, suggested doctors review the drug for the alternative use because
it
is relatively inexpensive.

Only a handful of doctors have openly promoted the drug, but they have
been
derided as outliers in a medical community that largely advises patients
to
stay away from ivermectin except for its approved uses.

Does it work?

There is no reliable evidence to suggest ivermectin is effective against
COVID-
19, although scientists have performed several studies to date.

A REVIEW OF DATA FROM 15 IVERMECTIN TRIALS FOUND THAT THE DRUG DID REDUCE
DEATHS AMONG COVID-19 PATIENTS WHO TOOK IT, according to an analysis
published
this month in the American Journal of Therapeutics.

"MODERATE-CERTAINTY EVIDENCE FINDS THAT LARGE REDUCTIONS IN COVID-19
DEATHS ARE
POSSIBLE USING IVERMECTIN," the seven scientists who authored the analysis
wrote in conclusion. "Using ivermectin early in the clinical course may
reduce
numbers progressing to severe disease."

The World Health Organization advised in March that scientists can use
ivermectin to treat COVID-19 in clinical trials as research into the drug
progresses.

WHO officials wrote that the evidence so far suggesting ivermectin reduces
COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths is "very low certainty" because the
trials
have been small. In March, the number of patients who had enrolled in
ivermectin trials reviewed by WHO was 2,407.

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The Media doesn't want to piss off Democrat constituents, so they will NOT
tell
you the WHOLE story.


So Much For Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida
Blacks
and Hispanics Following Covid Guidelines

Why Do Lying Liberals Keep Lying About WHITES And Republicans in Texas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida

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Black and Hispanic Texans are still... - The Texas Tribune

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/19/texas-vaccine-race-disparities/

As Texas expands COVID-19 vaccination eligibility, racial disparities
persist
among Black, Hispanic residents. White Texans are being vaccinated at
nearly
twice the rate of Hispanic Texans and...

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Louisiana's Most Under-Vaccinated: White People In...

https://www.wwno.org/latest-news/2021-03-18/louisianas-most-under-
vaccinated-
white-
people-in-republican-parishes-and-black-people-everywhere
The analysis also shows that Black residents continue to experience the
largest
vaccine disparities: In 57 of the state's 64 parishes, Black residents are
getting vaccinated at rates lower than...

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In Mississippi, Black residents are desperate...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mississippi-black-residents-are-
desperate-
get-vaccinated-they-face-access-n1256652

Mississippi's Black residents face broadband, transportation barriers with
Covid vaccinations Feb. 8, 2021 04:37 For the poor and communities of
color,
access barriers can snowball.

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Black community tackles vaccine hesitancy in Alabama but...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/03/alabama-vaccine-hesitancy

Jun 3, 2021RaShunda St George, of the Prime Care medical center,
administers a
dose of the Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine for a patient in Tuskegee, Alabama,
last
month. Photograph: Andi Rice/The Guardian

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Black, Latino Georgians Lag Behind Whites In COVID Shots...

www.georgiahealthnews.com/2021/05/black-latino-georgians-lag-whites-covid-
shots-data-show/

Blacks and Latinos in Georgia have significantly lower COVID-19
vaccination
rates than whites, a newly released Kaiser Health News analysis shows.
Thirty
percent of whites in Georgia have had at least one shot, yet they trail
another
group - Asians, who are at 44 percent. The data were provided to KHN by
the CDC
in response to a public...

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Florida's Black and Hispanic communities need more COVID Vaccines...

https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2021/02/02/floridas-black-and-hispanic-
communities-need-more-covid-vaccines-editorial/

Florida's Black and Hispanic communities need more COVID vaccines |
Editorial.... Florida added 15,978 coronavirus cases, 213 deaths in the
past
week Jul. 3 News.

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COVID-19 Is Killing Over Twice As Many Black Americans As Whites

Black individuals are nearly three times as likely to contract COVID-19
and
twice as likely to die from the virus, compared with white individuals,
according to a new report by the National Urban League. Researchers have
struggled to measure with precision the race gaps in COVID-19 because much
of
the early data reported by hospitals did not include information about
patients' race - as of early August, Pennsylvania has reported race data
for
about half of its cases.

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Black Mississippians are receiving fewer COVID-19 vaccinations...

https://mississippitoday.org/2021/02/11/were-failing-minority-communities-
why-
black-mississippians-are-receiving-fewer-covid-19-vaccines-than-white-
mississippians/

Dr. Andrea Phillips and other Black physicians in the state gathered at
her
small solo clinic in Jackson for a press conference on Jan. 5, a day after
Mississippi's general elderly population became eligible to receive COVID-
19
vaccines. The physicians wanted to help show other Black Mississippians
that
the vaccine was safe to take while...

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CDC: Blacks Dying of COVID-19 at Disproportionately High Rates

Black Americans were disproportionately more likely to die of COVID-19
during
the spring and summer months, a new indicator that the corona virus's toll
is
falling most heavily on under-served and minority communities.

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Florida's Black and Hispanic communities need more COVID Vaccines...

https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2021/02/02/floridas-black-and-hispanic-
communities-need-more-covid-vaccines-editorial/

Florida's Black and Hispanic communities need more COVID vaccines |
Editorial.... Florida added 15,978 coronavirus cases, 213 deaths in the
past
week Jul. 3 News.

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Why Black And Latino People Still Lag On COVID Vaccines...

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/04/26/989962041/why-black-
and-
latino-people-still-lag-on-covid-vaccines-and-how-to-fix-it

Apr 26, 2021

In Florida, for instance, Black people represent 16% of residents but only
8%
of those vaccinated. In Illinois, 17% of people who died from COVID-19
were
Black, but only 9% of those vaccinated are.

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Hispanics are being short-changed on Covid-19...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/blacks-hispanics-are-being-short-
changed-
covid-19-vaccines-florida-n1259204

Blacks and Hispanics are being short-changed on Covid-19 vaccines in
Florida
and elsewhere.

HOWEVER they're being "treated", Blacks and Hispanics are NOT making the
effort
to GET vaccinated.

MOST Blacks and Hispanics live in urban areas, where there are an
ABUNDANCE of
places you can get vaccinated.

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Black, Hispanic Floridians Make Up 40% of Florida's Population, Have Only
Received 13% of COVID-19 Vaccinations

https://www.wftv.com/news/local/black-hispanic-floridians-make-up-40-
floridas-
population-have-only-received-13-covid-19-
vaccinations/REPLSF56QFATFFOWDN7IHRCW7A/

Black, Hispanic Floridians make up 40% of Florida's population, have only
received 13% of COVID-19 vaccinations February 10, 2021 at 6:37 pm EST By
Deanna Allbrittin, WFTV.com and Sarah Wilson...

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Florida's Black, Hispanic Communities Lag Behind In COVID-19 Vaccination
Rates,
Data Shows

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/04/29/floridas-black-hispanic-
communities-lag-behind-in-covid-19-vaccination-rates-data-shows/

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - Statistics tell the story - people in Black and
Hispanic
communities in Florida are getting vaccinated against COVID-19 in less
numbers
than their Caucasian counterparts...

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Latest Data on COVID-19 Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity

https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/latest-data-on-covid-
19-
vaccinations-race-ethnicity/

Figure 2 shows the shares of COVID-19 vaccinations, cases, and deaths
among
Black, Hispanic, Asian, and White people. The data also show the
distribution
of the total population by these groups as...

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Hispanics Show 'Less Consistent Adherence' to Social Distancing, Mask-
Wearing

Hispanics make up a high percentage of COVID-19 cases, are not wearing
masks
and are not socially distancing as much as the rest of the population.

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Why Some People of Color Say They Won't Wear Masks

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/us/face-masks-ethnicity-coronavirus-cdc-
trnd/index.html

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Blacks And Hispanics Fear Wearing Masks In Public

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Statistics are showing a disproportionate number of
African
Americans are getting sick and dying of coronavirus.

Still, some minorities say they don't want to wear masks in public.

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People of Color Won't Be Required to Wear Masks

LINCOLN COUNTY, Ore. - People of color are exempt from an Oregon county's
mask
mandate over concerns about racial profiling.

So... they can spread Covid-19 because they don't HAVE to wear a mask,
JUST to
keep them from being profiled?

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Covid's "Untold Story": Texas Blacks And Latinos Are Dying In The Prime of
Their Lives

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2020/12/19/covids-untold-story-texas-
blacks-
and-latinos-are-dying-in-the-prime-of-their-lives/

Dec 19, 2020 - More than 4,200 Hispanics between ages 25 and 64 have died
of
COVID in Texas. That works out to 74 deaths per 100,000 people. Meenwhile
(MoP), more than 1,100 whites in that age group have died, which...

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As COVID-19 Hammers Texas, Hispanic Residents Are Dying At The Highest
Rate

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/covid-19-hammers-texas-hispanic-
residents-
are-dying-highest-rate-n1235242

Texas Latino communities affected by COVID-19 due to pre-existing
economic,
health inequities July 30, 2020 02:39 There are numerous reasons for the
disparities, experts say.

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Hispanic Residents Bear Brunt of COVID-19 In Texas

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/07/30/texas-coronavirus-hispanic/

Leonor Quiroz's husband, Valentin Quiroz, died of COVID-19 in May.
Valentin
died May 23, leaving Leonor with more than $25,000 in out-of-pocket
medical and
funeral expenses. "A lot of my Hispanic...

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Why has COVID-19 hit Latino communities so hard?

https://podcasts.la.utexas.edu/latinxperts/podcast/episode-017-why-has-
covid-
19-hit-latino-communities-so-hard/

How a professor in Texas tracked the undercounting of COVID-19 cases among
Hispanics, and why the Rio Grande Valley is hard hit. Karma R. Ch vez
(she/her)
is associate professor and chair in the Department of Mexican American and
Latina/o Studies at the University of Texas at Austin | @queermigrations

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How the Covid Pandemic Affected U.S. Hispanics Over the...

https://www.texaslatinoconservatives.com/covid_pandemic_hispanics

by V. Lance Tarrance. Comments on a new report released July 15, 2021 by
the
Pew Research Center. A very large study of Hispanics was recently
conducted
(March 2021) which showed that Hispanics in the United States have been
hit
very hard by the Covid-19 pandemic this past year, particularly with their
biggest hardships being losing jobs and work projects.

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Update: Coronavirus Case Rates and Death Rates for Latinos...

https://salud-america.org/coronavirus-case-rates-and-death-rates-for-
latinos-
in-the-united-states/

Race/ethnicity data is available for 63% of the nation's cases. COVID-19-
associated hospitalizations are also higher among Latinos. States are also
experiencing Latino coronavirus case disparities: Utah is 14% Latino. But
they
make up 20.3% of COVID-19 cases on July 5, 2021. Oregon is 13% Latino. But
they
make up 23.2% of COVID-19 cases on...

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Texas studying COVID-19's uneven impact on communities of...

https://www.tmc.edu/news/2020/09/texas-studying-covid-19s-uneven-impact-
on-
communities-of-color/

Houston's 2.3 million residents are 45 percent Hispanic or Latino, 25
percent
white non-Hispanic or Latino, 23 percent Black and 7 percent Asian.
(Hispanic
is an ethnicity; therefore, Hispanics can be of any race.) More details
about
local COVID-19 data can be found on Harris County Public Health's Harris
County/Houston COVID-19 dashboard.

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COVID-19 Kills Latinos At Disproportionate Rates - And The...

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2020
/08/1
2/379623/covid-19-kills-growing-number-of-texas-latinos-at-
disproportionate-
rates/

COVID-19 has taken the lives of a disproportionate amount of Latinos in
Houston
and across Texas. Though Hispanics make up 40% of the statewide
population,
they account for 52% of COVID-19 deaths...

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North Texas Hispanics Could be at Greatest Risk of Covid...

https://medium.com/@thinkingman/north-texas-hispanics-could-be-at-
greatest-
risk-of-covid-19-f3d8bead4f8a

North Texas Hispanics Could be at Greatest Risk of Covid-19. Thinking Man.
Mar
24, 2020...

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COVID-19 Behavioral Health Disparities Black Latino...

https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/covid19-behavioral-health-
disparities-black-latino-communities.pdf

Messaging about COVID -19 testing, behavioral health services, and federal
stimulus opportunities must be accurate, culturally understood, and
disseminated through information channels that reach Black and Latino
communities. Black or Latino radio, websites such as BlackDoctor.org, and
trusted media figures are important messengers.

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The COVID Racial Data Tracker | The COVID Tracking Project

https://covidtracking.com/race/

COVID-19 is affecting Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and other people of color
the
most. The COVID Racial Data Tracker is a collaboration between the COVID
Tracking Project and the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research.
Together, we're gathering the most complete and up-to-date race and
ethnicity
data on COVID-19 in the United States.

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Coronavirus infection by race: What's behind the health...

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/expert-
answers/coronavirus-infection-by-race/faq-20488802

COVID-19 hospitalization rates among non-Hispanic Black people and
Hispanic or
Latino people were both about 4.7 times the rate of non-Hispanic white
people.
While there's no evidence that people of color have genetic or other
biological
factors that make them more likely to be affected by COVID-19 , they are
more
likely to have underlying...

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COVID-19 Deaths by Race/Ethnicity | KFF https://www.kff.org/other/state-
indicator/covid-19-deaths-by-race-ethnicity/

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Headquarters: 185 Berry St., Suite
2000,
San Francisco, CA 94107 | Phone 650-854-9400 Washington Offices and
Barbara
Jordan Conference Center: 1330 G Street...

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Hispanic And Black Children Facing Higher Rates Of COVID-19
Hospitalization:
CDC

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hispanic-and-black-children-facing-
higher-
rates-of-covid-19-hospitalization-cdc/ar-BB17J7Ur

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CNN: CDC Data: Covid-19 Hit Hispanics, Blacks And Those With Underlying
Conditions Harder

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/20/politics/cdc-covid-charts-black-hispanic-
underlying-conditions/index.html

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Hispanics and Blacks Are Hardest Hit by COVID-19 in New York City

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2020-04-08/coronavirus-
disproportionally-kills-hispanics-and-blacks-in-new-york-city

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Why Black And Hispanic Residents Are More Likely To Become Infected By The
Coronavirus

https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2020/why-black-and-hispanic-
residents-are-more-likely-to-become-infected-by-the-coronavirus/

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Hispanic Americans Being Hit Hard By COVID-19

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200629/hispanic-americans-being-hit-
hard-by-
covid-19#1

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Doctors Worry About COVID's Effects on Hispanics

Hispanic Americans, who make up 18.3% of the country's population,
represent
32.7 % of new coronavirus cases nationwide, according to data from the
CDC.

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Health Concerns From COVID-19 Much Higher Among Hispanics and Blacks Than
Whites

About half of Hispanic adults (49%) are very concerned about unknowingly
spreading COVID-19 to others, compared with 38% of black adults and 28% of
white adults. And Hispanics (43%) and blacks (31%) are far more likely
than
whites (18%) to be very concerned over getting COVID-19 and needing to be
hospitalized.

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CDC: Blacks, Hispanics Dying of COVID-19 at Disproportionately High Rates

Black and Hispanic Americans were disproportionately more likely to die of
COVID-19 during the spring and summer months, a new indicator that the
corona
virus's toll is falling most heavily on under-served and minority
communities

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