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This whole narrative is ragebait. According to the article, the number of calls went up from 133 to 459. In percentage terms, that's an enormous jump, but it ab
by jaspax 5y ago
This whole narrative is ragebait. According to the article, the number of calls went up from 133 to 459. In percentage terms, that's an enormous jump, but it absolute terms, it's still basically nothing. There are 55 poison control centers in the country, so this works out to 8 or 9 cases per center.
The only reason this is a story at all is because NPR and its allies want to sustain the narrative that there are an enormous number of people attempting to self-medicate with ivermectin, and therefore that we need to further clamp down on free speach and ostracise and punish anyone who isn't going along with the mainstream narrative. Like most "news" these days, it's blatantly propagandistic in its content and intent.
- pseudo0 5y agoAlso, from the Mississippi health alert they cited (https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/resources/15400.pdf https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/resources/15400.pdf): > No hospitalizations due to ivermectin toxicity have been directly reported to the Mississippi Poison Control Center or the Mississippi State Department of Health. So much for emergency rooms being flooded I guess? This topic really just seems like a way to stereotype and mock rural Americans under the guise of concern. A handful of people with mild symptoms calling poison control really doesn't seem newsworthy without that angle.
- SnowProblem 5y agoWe have to get smarter and notice we’re being manipulated. Watch this debate. Both sides agree the New York Times sacrifices integrity now for engagement, because its drives revenue. It is only a debate of degree. https://youtu.be/YTHUHJjARKw https://youtu.be/YTHUHJjARKw They perfected this formula under Trump. Exaggerations and lies about people enrage both sides, one at the target and the other at the media. Ragebait is such a perfect term too because it is designed to enrage as many people as possible on all sides. And it works. Just this morning there were 4 different discussions about Ivermectin on Hacker News. 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28416654 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28416654 2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28412115 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28412115 3. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28415708 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28415708 4. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28416790 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28416790