CV and mad panic behaviour

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A conservative radio host in the US fell for the Anti-Vax/Ivermectin idiocy: Conservative Radio Host Who Mocked Vaccines Dies of COVID-19, Daily Beast.

He had said of the vaccine, “I have a very low risk of A) Getting COVID and B) dying of it if I do. Why would I risk getting a heart attack or paralysis by getting the vaccine?” He also said at the time that he had been taking the anti-parasite medication ivermectin, a drug that comes in different forms for animals and humans. The drug has recently been touted as a sort of COVID miracle cure by conservatives, despite no solid evidence it is effective against the virus and health officials sounding the alarm over people poisoning themselves with the animal version of the drug.

Not a great advertisement for Ivermectin. But if I were a test-tube, I’d rush out and buy it because it has cured a lot of test-tubes apparently.

Unfortunately for Phil Valentine, he was sucked in by the conservative con. He should have realised that he just needed to say he was against vaccines and for Ivermectin: he should have got himself vaccinated while telling his audience that they should refuse the vaccine. Republicans in Congress refuse to say whether they’ve been vaccinated on the grounds that the legislation protecting medical confidentiality prevents them from answering that question (which it doesn’t). It turns out they can have their cake and eat it too. They can win praise from Anti-Vaxxers while keeping themselves safe.