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Ivermectin is the new hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19, take 2: FLCCC conspiracies

The FLCCC flogs ivermectin, fellow

The other day, I discussed why ivermectin is the new hydroxychloroquine:, basically a “miracle cure” that isn’t. The FLCCC, a group of COVID-19 “brave maverick doctors,” brings the conspiracies.

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Ivermectin is the new hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

Ivermectin and fraud?

The veterinary deworming drug ivermectin has become the new hydroxychloroquine in that it is being promoted as a highly effective treatment against COVID-19—and by many of the same people who previously promoted HCQ—despite evidence that is, at best very weak and at worst completely negative. Unfortunately, with the publication of two new and biased reviews, the “HCQ vibe” about ivermectin is stronger than ever.

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We now pause this blogging for a brief M1 iMac break

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Your daily dose of Insolence has been interrupted by the arrival of an M1 iMac.

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Myocarditis and COVID-19 vaccines

Myocarditis

Antivaxxers have been publicizing reports of myocarditis in young people, mostly male, after COVID-19 vaccination. ACIP will be meeting to discuss these reports to the VAERS database today. Is there a connection between mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines and myocarditis?

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COVID-19 vaccines as part of a “depopulation agenda”

Global depopulation
Yep. If you believe antivaxxers, COVID-19 vaccines are part of a "global depopulation" agenda, along with GMOs, the Federal Reserve, eugenics, and all the other conspiracies out there.

It’s ba-ack. Antivaxxers are once again claiming that COVID-19 vaccines are part of a “depopulation agenda.” Same as it ever was.