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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: 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.