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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by daddylongstroke on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @08:29PM (#28546331)
>And states across the country are reporting an uptick in poison control calls for people that ingested Ivermectin, almost all from animal drugs, not prescriptions.

You're spreading FUD man. These "upticks" you speak of are, in the case of one state, from 1 instance per year to 9. I guess its statistically a huge uptick, but, lets keep some perspective ey?

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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by Johnny555 on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @11:32PM (#28547651)
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/0...

According to the National Poison Data System (NPDS), which collects information from the nation's 55 poison control centers, there was a 245% jump in reported exposure cases from July to August — from 133 to 459.

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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by daddylongstroke on Friday September 17, 2021 @05:02PM (#28570857)
Ahhh, from the paper linked in your NPR article - 2020 cases = 435, 2021 cases = 1143. It's an even smaller increase than I originally thought - only 163%! Also, looks like 25% were from prescriptions.
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