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At least 25 people in two states were likely poisoned by toxic batches of the "Re2al ," including five children who suffered acute liver failure and one person who died.
The toxic water made headlines earlier this year when health investigators initially linked alkalized water sold by Nevada-based water company Real Water to severe illnesses in five children in Clark County, Nevada. But the new report from the CDC offers the most complete look at the identified cases and illnesses.
The saga began in November and December of 2020, when the five children—ranging in age from seven months to five years—became severely ill with acute liver failure after drinking the water. They were hospitalized and later transferred to a children's hospital for a potential liver transplant—though they all subsequently recovered without a transplant. Local health officials investigating the unusual cluster found that family members had also been sickened. The only common link between the cases was the alkalized water, which Real Water claimed was a healthier alternative to tap water.
In mid-March, the Food and Drug Administration contacted Real Water about the cases and urged the company to recall their water, which was sold in multiple states, including Nevada, California, Utah, and Arizona. Real Water agreed to issue the recall. However, by the end of the month, the FDA reported that retailers were still selling the potentially dangerous water, and the regulator tried to warn consumers directly. By then, Nevada health officials had linked the water to six additional cases, including three more children, bringing the total to 11.
Now, according to the new report, the tally has increased to 25: 18 probable cases and four suspected cases in Nevada, as well as three probable cases in California.
All 21 probable cases ended up hospitalized, and 18 required intensive care. One woman in her 60s with underlying medical conditions died of complications from her liver inflammation.
(Score: 2) by Opportunist on Sunday November 21 2021, @02:51PM (15 children)
Who the hell would want to drink water that tastes soapy?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 21 2021, @03:03PM (13 children)
Who the hell would want to eat horse paste?
(Score: 1, Informative) by XivLacuna on Sunday November 21 2021, @05:02PM (11 children)
I think someone who wasn't able to get their doctor to prescribe human Ivermectin pills might consider Ivermectin horse paste. Plus there was only like four cases of people poisoning themselves with Ivermectin horse paste overdosing. All of that media blasting over a nothing burger. More people ate tide pods and that was another nothing burger.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by nitehawk214 on Sunday November 21 2021, @05:18PM (3 children)
But how many of those people died because they took Ivermectin instead of getting vaccinated?
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: -1, Troll) by Username on Monday November 22 2021, @09:29AM (2 children)
Zero people have died from taking ivermectin. Especially for haitians with bartiercal pneumonia or brain worms. Well known life saving medicine. They probably will live healthier lives than those who took the vaccine as well, despite living in a county with 0.4% vaccination rate.
14,506 vaccine related deaths.
1,793 reports of heart damage.
0 ivermectin deaths.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 22 2021, @03:21PM (1 child)
The Pfizer vaccine offers 100% long term protection in children. Ivermectin does not.
https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/22/pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-was-100-effective-in-in-kids-in-longer-term-study/ [statnews.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 22 2021, @04:25PM
"If they said it on TV it must be true!"
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 21 2021, @07:51PM
When eating tide pods is your defense... you're in trouble.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Booga1 on Sunday November 21 2021, @08:16PM (4 children)
Ivermectin poisonings are WAY up. So far there have been over 1800 cases this year compared to just about 500 for the same period last year. [jsonline.com]
It is disingenuous to try to dismiss ivermectin poisoning's as minimal because "only like four cases" happened to be one particular form of the eivermectin being misused.
The idiots are drinking sheep drench, buying injectable forms, etc... While you can't blame horse paste for every overdose, there are clearly more than "four cases" from ivermectin misuse.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 21 2021, @09:05PM (3 children)
Think how much less there would be if doctors would just issue prescriptions for Ivermectin. Ivermectin is a drug that was developed specifically for humans.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Booga1 on Sunday November 21 2021, @09:40PM
Ivermectin prescriptions are up. [cdc.gov]
People in the U.S. got over 80,000 more prescriptions [cdc.gov] for it this year than last, over 20 times the prior baseline rate for the medicine.
Since the overdoses are up about 3x, but the prescriptions are up 20x it looks like most people that want it are actually getting prescriptions.
(Score: 5, Informative) by FatPhil on Monday November 22 2021, @07:15AM (1 child)
It's also almost useless against CoViD, there's literally no point in prescribing it for anyone who's not at high risk of a parasitic infection. Sure, some studies in some parts of the world have shown decreased covid deaths, but they were places with high incidences of systemic parasitic infection. Ivermectin was most likely fixing the parasite problem, nothing more, and people with weakened immune systems from the virus found that very useful. Joe Public who doesn't walk around barefoot, work hands-on in a field, or drink shitty water are simply not going to benefit from its use. (There - I made it back on-topic again.)
But don't let facts get in the way of a good drool.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: -1, Troll) by VLM on Monday November 22 2021, @02:48PM
Well its usefulness seems to depend entirely on ones political leanings and nobody never looks at the medical journal reviews, OR they only quote 1 of 75 studies that supports their perspective the best.
Or its just a situation of the vax clot shot is the communion wafer of the D party and ivermectin is the communion wafer of the R party and all that matters is demonstrating group affiliation.
There's also the dirty little secret that the govt has approved plenty of prescription medicines with lower effectiveness than ivermectin. Its definitely no silver bullet, but its better at its job than a lot of stuff that has been approved for other diseases.
Then there's the interesting side dish that covid really only kills VERY sick people or VERY old people. In my demographic, asymptomatic is very likely and its just a minor cold, so why would someone under 50 and athletic take ivermectin, we're not even going to get sick. If you're 85 its a near death sentence and those people would be ideal candidates for medication but they're too old to read a label or remember if they took it or not, so they F it all up.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 21 2021, @09:11PM
Have you tried the Vegemite flavored horse paste?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 22 2021, @07:42PM
At least it's apple flavored?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 21 2021, @07:02PM
In soviet Russia, alkaline water saponifies you!..... oh, wait, that's everywhere.