Medical disinformation connected to the West Texas measles outbreak has created a new problem. Children are being treated for toxic levels of vitamin A.
Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock confirms it is treating children with severe cases of measles who are also suffering from vitamin A toxicity. According to the hospital, they have admitted fewer than 10 pediatric patients who were all initially hospitalized due to measles complications but have elevated levels of vitamin A that is resulting in abnormal liver function.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. directed the CDC to update its measles guidance to promote the use of vitamin A.
Kennedy, who has a history of spreading misinformation about vaccines, recommended in an article published March 2 on FOX News to take vitamin A under the supervision of a physician for those with mild, moderate and severe infections.
During a March 4 interview on Fox News, Kennedy suggested that therapies such as the use of cod liver oil — which contains vitamins A and D — were “working” in treating measles patients.
There are reports from the West Texas area that cod liver oil is in high demand and a big seller at area pharmacies.
But the hospital is informing the public to reduce consumption of vitamin A and has warned that excessive amounts of it may result in significant adverse effects.
There is no evidence that taking vitamin A will prevent measles.
When will people learn that he is not a doctor???
probably when he’s not the fucking health secretary
Seriously. I have a pair of old boots in better shape than that man.
probably looks like ol leatherhead too
they won’t and that will be the end of that genetic line
I love the way Kennedy suggests taking some ridiculous old wive’s tale of a cure for measles “with doctors supervision.” So you should listen to doctors when they advise you how to take a home remedy but absolutely don’t listen to them when they suggest a medical remedy.
They are going to start taking Ivermectin soon to cure this.
I find the Ivermectin worship so weird. You’ve got MAGA’s “I don’t trust big pharma so I won’t take their fancy pants medicines” but for this one drug, that’s also manufactured by pharmaceutical companies suddenly they pivot to “Ivermectin is a panacea because Jesus personally blesses every molecule in the horse deworming paste I put on my toast.”
I mean, I realize it’s foolish to expect consistency from conservatives. But it’s such a fundamental contradiction you’d think even they would notice.
There was an early covid study from Japan? That said they tried ivermectin and it improved outcomes. A lot of different things were being tried to see if anything worked, not just ivermectin. Vitamin C and D were on the list of cures, too, I believe. After others tried to replicate it, they realized it didnt really improve anything, but it was too late. Word on the street was already out. The ivermectin supporters took this as a sign they were repressing a easy to obtain, over the counter drug in favor of a microchip vaccine. Really, it fed into all the conspiracy theories and got warped into becoming a cure all.
Ivermectin wasn’t really over the counter, it was rx for humans. What magats were doing was buying animal ivermectin, horse and cow paste which has significantly higher doses of the drug, which is toxic to people
One faith healer gets a blind man to stand on their own and take a step and they’re set for life with followers.
Fun fact you don’t eat livers of bears, especially polar bear because they contain lethal amounts vitamin A for humans
Can’t they just drink bleach to kill the germs? -Donald
Gotta felate a fluorescent bulb to get the UV down your throat.
They’re made in suppository form now too.
The medical misinformation led to the measles outbreak. It’s not in parallel, it’s in series.
LOL. Good job, dummies. (those poor kids though)
Those poor kids would otherwise grow up into the next generation of coal rolling, republican voting binfires. My sympathy is somewhat limited.
Good thing they didn’t put an anti-vax nutjob in charge of health
Practicing medicine without a license.
But what about BLEACH?!
Won’t someone think of the bleach?
Maybe we can you know put a light inside the body and kill the virus that way. 🫲🍊🫱
They write about US, and have some other countries ( definitly not US ) hospital photo as their cover?
If one takes beta-carotene instead of vitamin a, an existing deficiency can be resolved without introducing any risk of reaching toxic levels.
Guess they don’t remember accutane. That’s a fun list of side effects right there.
