{"id":82632,"date":"2021-09-05T08:57:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T12:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=82632"},"modified":"2021-09-05T08:57:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T12:57:54","slug":"rolling-stone-horse-dewormer-hit-piece-debunked-after-hospital-says-no-ivermectin-overdoses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=82632","title":{"rendered":"Rolling Stone &#8216;Horse Dewormer&#8217; Hit-Piece Debunked After Hospital Says No Ivermectin Overdoses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>After Joe Rogan announced that he&#8217;d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/i-feel-good-joe-rogan-contracts-covid-bounces-back-within-days-using-drug-cocktail\">kicked Covid<\/a>\u00a0in just a few days using a cocktail of drugs, including Ivermectin &#8211; an anti-parasitic prescribed for humans for over 35 years, with over 4 billion doses administered (and most recently as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ivmmeta.com\/\">Covid-19 treatment<\/a>), the left quickly started mocking Rogan for having taken a &#8216;horse dewormer&#8217; due to its dual use in livestock.<\/p>\n<p>Rolling Stone&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonblistein?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Jon Blistein<\/a>\u00a0led the charge:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/RS1.PNG?itok=PP2rfubW\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/RS1.PNG?itok=PP2rfubW\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/RS1.PNG?itok=PP2rfubW\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"211\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"95b32e0a-2e3d-4cb9-8b11-10020086c12b\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\">\n<aside id=\"in-content-video\" class=\"Advert_verticallySpaced__wnPy3\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Friday,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/CWXum\"><em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brooklynmutt\">Peter Wade<\/a>\u00a0took another stab &#8211; publishing a hit piece claiming that Oklahoma ERs were overflowing with people &#8216;overdosing on horse dewormer.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It was suspect from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>The report, sourced to local Oaklahoma outlet\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/wip\/oC2dA\"><em>KFOR<\/em><\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/author\/katelyn-ogle\/\">Katelyn Ogle<\/a>, cites Oklahoma ER doctor Dr. Jason McElyea &#8211; claimed that\u00a0<strong>people overdosing on ivermectin horse dewormer are causing emergency rooms to be &#8220;so backed up that gunshot victims were having hard times getting&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>access to health facilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/mcel.PNG?itok=YSgA_lrf\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/mcel.PNG?itok=YSgA_lrf\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/mcel.PNG?itok=YSgA_lrf\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"267\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"fbafb415-044a-414b-9077-96720638cde5\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div><em>As people take the drug, McElyea said patients have arrived at hospitals with negative reactions like nausea, vomiting, muscle aches, and cramping \u2014 or even loss of sight.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>\u201c<strong>The scariest one that I\u2019ve heard of and seen is people coming in with vision loss<\/strong>,\u201d the doctor said. -Rolling Stone<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Except, the article provided zero evidence<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>for McElyea&#8217;s claims<\/strong>, causing people to start asking questions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1434000326231830529&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcovid-19%2Frolling-stone-horse-dewormer-hit-piece-debunked-after-hospital-says-no-ivermectin&amp;sessionId=7ba92e59f4e365c19a3bc5517ca97efdda33a58e&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1434000326231830529\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>And while neither\u00a0<em>KFOR<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>Rolling Stone<\/em>\u00a0mention the hospital McElyea worked for,\u00a0<strong>NHS Sequoyah, located in Sallisaw, Oklahoma &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>just issued a statement disavowing McElyea&#8217;s claims, which pops up when you\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nhssequoyah.com\/\">visit their website<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Although Dr. Jason McElyea is not an employee of NHS Sequoyah, he is affiliated with a medical staffing group that provides coverage for our emergency room.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>With that said, Dr.\u00a0<strong>McElyea has not worked at our Sallisaw location in over 2 months.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><u><em><strong>NHS Sequoyah has not treated any patients due to complications related to taking ivermectin. This includes not treating any patients for ivermectin overdose.<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n<p><em>All patients who have visited our emergency room have received medical attention as appropriate.\u00a0<strong>Our hospital has not had to turn away any patients seeking emergency care.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We want to reassure our community that\u00a0<strong>our staff is working hard to provide quality healthcare to all patients<\/strong>. We appreciate the opportunity to clarify this issue and as always, we value our community\u2019s support.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/nope.PNG?itok=DHxU6H3c\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/nope.PNG?itok=DHxU6H3c\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/nope.PNG?itok=DHxU6H3c\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"542\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"498bcd77-12de-4969-a21e-00f9ba4ea6e0\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What about the rest of the state?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Scott Schaeffer,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>managing director of the Oklahoma Center for Poison and Drug Information, &#8220;<strong>Since the beginning of May, we\u2019ve received reports of 11 people being exposed to ivermectin<\/strong>,&#8221; he told the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/ny-oklahoma-hospital-ambulances-patents-coronavirus-ivermectin-20210902-yqrlniulrbfcdhajchdzq2na34-story.html\"><em>NY Daily News<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(which still pushed the &#8216;ivermectin overdoses&#8217; story despite this fact).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>this horseshit story has also been picked up by the far-left\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/d0QN8\">Business Insider<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/DhqhZ\"><em>The Independent<\/em><\/a>, as well as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/wip\/iIYB7\"><em>The Guardian<\/em><\/a>, among other notable outlets.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/also.png?itok=iJ_DgEgB\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/also.png?itok=iJ_DgEgB\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/also.png?itok=iJ_DgEgB\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"414\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"19442b88-045e-4d83-b769-45fed6dbb7fb\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1434299332396789761&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcovid-19%2Frolling-stone-horse-dewormer-hit-piece-debunked-after-hospital-says-no-ivermectin&amp;sessionId=7ba92e59f4e365c19a3bc5517ca97efdda33a58e&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1434299332396789761\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1434311283676008451&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcovid-19%2Frolling-stone-horse-dewormer-hit-piece-debunked-after-hospital-says-no-ivermectin&amp;sessionId=7ba92e59f4e365c19a3bc5517ca97efdda33a58e&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1434311283676008451\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>And of course, the story was breathlessly parroted:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/madd1.PNG?itok=CgZ0Givk\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/madd1.PNG?itok=CgZ0Givk\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/madd1.PNG?itok=CgZ0Givk\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"634\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"2838521d-d6f0-4d3c-aaa7-20ba27206487\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/repeated.PNG?itok=nS5Y33j8\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/repeated.PNG?itok=nS5Y33j8\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/repeated.PNG?itok=nS5Y33j8\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"685\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"7992e244-e301-4252-b714-326bf9812e2b\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/filling%20up.PNG?itok=a60TPzrq\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/filling%20up.PNG?itok=a60TPzrq\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/filling%20up.PNG?itok=a60TPzrq\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"106\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"84252247-8985-4c32-8f2e-b59f12e9955b\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/parrot.PNG?itok=sR_TcuNo\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/parrot.PNG?itok=sR_TcuNo\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/parrot.PNG?itok=sR_TcuNo\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"717\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"7164bfc4-6ab9-45e6-b66f-8937ff70647d\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>McElyea is also listed as working at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/wip\/EOw2E\">Integris Grove Hospital in Grove, OK<\/a>\u00a0as a general family practitioner &#8211;\u00a0<em>not<\/em>\u00a0in the ER. A phone call to them provided no insight as to any ivermectin overdoses, however the gentleman who answered the phone sounded quite amused. What&#8217;s more,\u00a0<strong>Grove, OK &#8211; with a population of 7,129, had just\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ucr.fbi.gov\/crime-in-the-u.s\/2019\/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019\/tables\/table-8\/table-8-state-cuts\/oklahoma.xls\">14 aggravated assaults in all of 2019<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0according to the FBI&#8217;s latest data. We somehow doubt that &#8216;gunshot victims were lining up outside the ER,&#8217; while just 11 ivermectin related hospital cases have been reported in the entire state since the beginning of May.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/rolling-stone-horse-dewormer-hit-piece-debunked-after-hospital-says-no-ivermectin\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/rolling-stone-horse-dewormer-hit-piece-debunked-after-hospital-says-no-ivermectin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}