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Caleb Wallace, famous Texas Anti-vaxxer died from covid even though he took ivermectin.

Anecdotal evidence, but a powerful one to be sure.

Aussie guy overdoses on Ivermectin - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-02/warning-over-backdoor...

but pretty sure the excuse here is going to be a no true scotsman thing

So the existence of the no true scotsman construct is, to you, proof positive that any home grown, DIY abuse of a horse dosage of a medicine for which there are proper protocols for treatment of humans with human doses, automatically invalidates any and all uses of the drug even when properly administered? Who can possibly crack the wall you have constructed here? Nobody. Good job, I guess. Let me know if you ever think of anything that could change your mind.

Poison control centers in the US are experiencing high call volumes related to Ivermectin poisonings.

DIY administered without following proper protocols, in my understanding. I’m not an expert on this but DIY drugs sounds like a bad idea.

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