Thread by @marybethpf

Many in the media last week regurgitated a @CDC_Gov “health advisory” on ivermectin.

CDC said poison control saw a “3-fold increase" in IVM calls over the “pre-pandemic baseline.” But what was baseline? Nobody reported that.
@AApcc kindly provided me the data.
Let’s dissect. 1

Calls for ivermectin did see a “rapid increase” – up 184% from Jan-Aug 2019 to Jan-Aug 2021.

But does the CDC claim of “reports of severe illness” hold up?
There were:
--No deaths
--11 major effects (1% of total)
--91 moderate and 148 minor

That’s 22% who had ANY effect
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The vast majority of reports - 78% - go in the category of no problem or not sure:
--754 were “no effect,” “non-toxic,” “minimal.”
--137 more were potentially toxic, no follow-up.

*Note: numbers rounded based on %ages.
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Now some context.
IVM prescriptions have soared.
Scrips rose from 3,600/wk pre-COVID to 88,000/wk ending Aug. 13, 2021.

That’s an increase of 2344%.

Timeframes differ in scrip rise and poison control uptick in calls, which was 184%. But a hike would be normal.
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More context…
Poison control also fielded lots of hand-sanitizer calls from “pre-pandemic baseline.”
Those rose 58% from Jan-Aug 2019 to Jan-Aug 2021.
3,230 of them were major, moderate or minor effects.

4 people died, according to a CDC report.
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/6…
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FDA/CDC have vilified IVM by association with animal products, such as horse paste.
The 88,000 IVM scrips in the last week of August were MD-prescribed, non-animal, non-mail-order ivermectin. In other words, the stuff taken under medical supervision, as it should be.
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Here's the @AApcc bulletin in full. RT first tweet please.
piper.filecamp.com/uniq/ZO3aGrYGX…
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