Posted on 08/30/2021 1:18:09 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal
The Arkansas Medical Board is investigating after a doctor said he prescribed an anti-parasitic drug "thousands" of times for treatment of Covid-19, including to inmates in an Arkansas jail.
The FDA has been warning against the use of ivermectin for treatment of Covid-19 since March. The drug is used to treat parasitic infections, primarily in livestock, and the CDC recently cautioned about an increase in reports to poison centers of severe illness caused by the drug.
Justice of the Peace Eva Madison raised the issue during a county budget hearing in Fayetteville on Tuesday, saying a county employee had told her the jail's medical provider was prescribing ivermectin to treat and prevent Covid-19.
The county employee -- who doesn't work for the sheriff's department -- was directed to the jail to receive a Covid-19 test, Madison told CNN. During the visit he was prescribed ivermectin, which the Arkansas Department of Health also advises not to use to treat or prevent Covid-19.
"He is very afraid of retribution from the county and so he asked me to raise this issue on his behalf," Madison said.
"Much to my surprise, he (the sheriff) defended the use. He defended the practice," Madison said. The sheriff offered to put Madison in touch with the medical provider. Screen shots of the text exchange with the sheriff provided by Madison confirm her account. Dr. Robert Karas provides medical services to the Washington County jail. He has been the contracted provider since 2015, according to Madison.
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Cases back up to 155k today.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/#graph-cases-daily
I see 149k new cases, still indicative of a falloff.
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailycases
Watch today’s number.
Yesterday was 156k. The numbers keep coming in and you have to check back to see what the final number is.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
Cases currently listed as 184K
Today’s deaths are 400 more than this time last year.
Today’s cases are 140k more than this time last year.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/#graph-cases-daily
CDC shows a flattening curve, I suspect we’ll see it fall off. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailycases
They are at August 31. When does it get updated?
by 8pm, is all they say.
If you slide the graph over to see just the last month you get a better visual of the trend.
CDC shows 153k on August 31. Yesterday was 184k.
It might be flattening, time will tell.
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