Patrons Only: Ivermectin? We Hardly Even Know Them!

Katie and Jesse (M.D.s, Harvard, '87 and '89, respectively) wade through a complicated controversy involving horses, medicine for horses, medicine for horses that is also for people, and ~~THE MEDIA~~.

Show notes/Links:

On ivermectin: https://www.drugs.com/ivermectin.html 

KFOR: “Patients overdosing on ivermectin backing up rural Oklahoma hospitals, ambulances”

Rolling stone: “Gunshot Victims Left Waiting as Horse Dewormer Overdoses Overwhelm Oklahoma Hospitals, Doctor Says”

RS tweet: https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1433922442850930696 

The Guardian: “Oklahoma hospitals deluged by ivermectin overdoses, doctor says”

Rachel Maddow: https://twitter.com/maddow/status/1433521336282976256

Message from the administration of Northeastern Health System - Sequoyah posted Saturday morning: https://www.facebook.com/1764412370279737/posts/message-from-the-administration-of-northeastern-health-system-sequoyah-although-/4192195714168045/ 

Astral Codex Ten: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/too-good-to-check-a-play-in-three 

Robby Soave: https://reason.com/2021/09/06/ivermectin-overdoses-oklahoma-hospitals-rolling-stone-hoax/ 

BUT make sure to listen to our update at the end -- thank you, Cleuci! -- which includes a clip from around 14:00 here: https://www.facebook.com/OKStateMed/videos/244661480995616 

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