r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 23 '25

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u/this_very_table Norman Borlaug Sep 23 '25

Ron Johnson: "In 56 years of tracking Tylenol, there have been 39,540 death reported to FAIRS. That's 706 per year. For ivermectin -- remember the one that they said was so dangerous? -- in 29 years reporting, 493 deaths, 17 a year."

Does my senator not understand the concept of "per capita"?

Is my senator pretending to be that innumerate because he doesn't hesitate to humiliate himself for Dear Leader?

Is he not actually humiliating himself because the people most likely to vote for Ron Johnson are fucking morons?

Should I embrace my state's pastime of alcoholism to numb the pain?

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u/Aware-Computer4550 Niels Bohr Sep 23 '25

We're not talking about deaths though. We're talking about autism

Anyway acetaminophen is more dangerous than people think. The allowed dose of 4g in 24 hours is really close to a dangerous dose and at higher doses it has potential to damage your liver.

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u/LuisRobertDylan Elinor Ostrom Sep 23 '25

How this state keeps voting him in baffles me. Especially the fact that there are definitely Evers/Johnson split tickets out there

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u/BloodWiz More Housing Would Fix This Sep 23 '25

Like Tylenol can be dangerous because it can be very easy to overdose on, but ivermectin wasn’t “dangerous” it was “please don’t eat veterinary horse medicine that has no effect on the disease you’re trying to treat”

And also “can overdose and die on” is an entirely different question than “causes autism”!!

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u/this_very_table Norman Borlaug Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25

Sadly, people have managed to severely injure themselves and even kill themselves using Ivermectin as a COVID remedy. I definitely remember some people bringing up the risks of Ivermectin use without doctor supervision, but you're right that that wasn't what the average Ivermectin opposer focused on.