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Associated Press Adds Embarrassing Correction To Article Claiming 70% Of Calls To Mississippi Poison Control Were About Ivermectin Ingestion*Given the nigh ubiquitous nature of written articles and accompanying videos with audio, we should just merge them and call them 'sliebel'? kinda catchy.
The Associated Press had to issue a correction to an article published in late August that claimed 70% of calls made to the Mississippi Department of Health were from people who had ingested the livestock version of Ivermectin.
The story followed media hyping the idea that people – particular people in the south (and we all know, no one wants to be a fat dumb southern reneck - another bit of sliebel*, that. ) – were taking a common horse dewormer to treat COVID-19. Someone, somewhere may have done this, but the media has treated it as if it is a common phenomenon – and have been proven wrong.The AP issued the following correction to its article: In an article published Aug. 23, 2021, about people taking livestock medicine to try to treat coronavirus, The Associated Press erroneously reported based on information provided by the Mississippi Department of Health that 70% of recent calls to the Mississippi Poison Control Center were from people who had ingested ivermectin to try to treat COVID-19. State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers said Wednesday the number of calls to poison control about ivermectin was about 2% . He said of the calls that were about ivermectin, 70% were by people who had ingested the veterinary version of the medicine.
So, doing the math, a total of 1.4% of the calls to Mississippi Poison Control were from people who said they had ingested the livestock version of Ivermectin. (That means that when they rounded up to 2% they lied again! RC) The correction was issued on August 25, two days after the story was published. It follows another serious journalism error in recent days relating to Ivermectin, which is used to treat humans as well as animals, although, obviously, in different ways.
Over the weekend, Rolling Stone and Rachel Maddow repeated claims from a doctor in Oklahoma who told local outlet KFOR that emergency rooms in the state were overwhelmed by patients who had taken the livestock version of Ivermectin, forcing gunshot victims to wait. As The Daily Wire reported, that story was debunked by a hospital in Oklahoma who said the doctor, Jason McElyea, is affiliated with a group that sometimes covers the hospital’s emergency room, he hadn’t worked there in more than 2 months. The hospital also said it hadn’t had any cases of Ivermectin ingestion. [Link]
CMS said Oct. 28 that Medicare will pay hospitals extra when they treat inpatients with drugs or biologicals approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for COVID-19. The additional payments are linked to the 20% bonus hospitals already receive for COVID-19 MS-DRGs, and both require proof of a positive COVID-19 test, according to the fourth interim final rule with comment period (IFC).[1] CMS also raised the specter of post-payment reviews.2. Dr. Cole says that Remdesivir is highly toxic; kills kidneys; 25% of the animals died during trials; had to pull the drug during Ebola trials so deadly.
Hospitals will receive an additional payment when treatment includes Veklury (remdesivir) or COVID-19 convalescent plasma to treat patients diagnosed with COVID-19. Like a new technology add-on payment, the cost of the drug won’t be entirely folded into the MS-DRG.
The only hitch is hospitals must ensure they make a connection to the Medicare bonus for COVID-19 inpatients, said attorney Daniel Hettich, with King & Spalding in Washington, D.C. “You have to be eligible for the 20% add-on to get the new therapeutic add-on,” he said. “If you don’t have a positive test, you don’t qualify for the new treatment add-on payment.”
Comment: It's amazing how quickly the liberal press moves in to maintain the Covid narrative when anyone steps out of line and promotes a protocol that doesn't involve vaccinations. Rogan has been ridiculed for using 'horse dewormer', despite the fact that Ivermectin has been a medication used for humans for decades. But the more lies and smears spread on popular celebrities who dare to exercise their health freedom, the more fans will see the blatant disconnect between what the press is saying and what is coming directly from these personalities themselves. The narrative only suffers as a result.
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