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Offline Hoodat

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AP Forced to Issue Correction on Fake News About Ivermectin
« on: September 08, 2021, 05:49:25 pm »
AP Forced to Issue Correction on Fake News About Ivermectin

Falsely claimed 70% of calls to Mississippi Poison Control Center were about ivermectin

Paul Joseph Watson   |   8 September, 2021

The Associated Press was forced to issue a correction after it falsely claimed that 70 per cent of calls to the Mississippi Poison Control Center were about people ingesting ivermectin to treat COVID-19.

The actual number was 2 per cent.

Whoops!

From the AP:

“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.”

As Chris Menahan notes, NPR also amplified the fake news, reporting that, “The department said that at least 70% of recent calls to the state poison control center were related to people who ingested a version of the drug that is formulated to treat parasites in cows and horses.”

NPR has yet to issue a retraction of the fake story, which was circulated countless times, while the retraction will only be seen by a fraction of those who read the original.  .  .

https://summit.news/2021/09/08/ap-forced-to-issue-correction-on-fake-news-about-ivermectin/


I am amazed at how eager journalists are willing to lie in order to push a political agenda.
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Re: AP Forced to Issue Correction on Fake News About Ivermectin
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2021, 06:31:21 pm »
I'm surprised that they haven't reported on Gene Mutations that can cause Ivermectin sensitivity and even death.

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The multi-drug-resistance gene (mdr1) encodes a large transmembrane protein, P-glycoprotein (P-gp), that is an integral part of the blood-brain barrier. P-gp functions as a drug-transport pump at the blood-brain barrier, transporting a variety of drugs from the brain back into the blood.
We report a deletion mutation of the mdr1 gene that is associated with ivermectin sensitivity. The 4-bp deletion results in a frame shift, generating several stop codons that prematurely terminate P-gp synthesis.

Therapeutic implications of the MDR-1 gene https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15500562/
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