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Fortunately for me, I know next to nothing about ivermectin, except that the American left is very, very concerned people might be taking it, and I don't know of anyone actually taking it that doesn't have a radio show or podcast. So in my ignorance I would guess very few people are actually taking it and a lot of people are talking about it.

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Alternate data point, I live in one of the major cities in Oklahoma. I work for a mostly blue collar shop. The overwhelming majority of our workers are unvaccinated, and I'd say a large fraction of them are very vocal about their use of ivermectin.

People are turning up in hospitals because they've OD'd on it.

No they aren't. All of those reports have been retracted.

https://news.ohsu.edu/2021/09/17/five-oregonians-hospitalize... doesn't look retracted to me.

Only stands to reason that if people are taking it kind of randomly, a few are going to screw up and take too much.

Probably ingested the pour on treatment or one of the brands that mix other active ingredients that you don't want.

Not once in that article is an overdose mentioned.

So you're suggesting that taking even a regular dose might send people to the ICU?

The article linked simply says there have been people who misused ivermectin who presented at the hospital. For what reason they went we have no idea because it does not say.

For all we know the two individuals who landed in the ICU were admitted because they were attempting to unsuccessfully self-treat COVID and ended up there, not because of the ivermectin misuse but because of COVID itself.

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