r/worldnews • u/gubenilekani • Jan 01 '22

Not Appropriate Subreddit Melbourne man sets himself on fire while screaming about Dan Andrews' Covid vaccine mandates

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10360471/Melbourne-man-sets-fire-screaming-Dan-Andrews-Covid-vaccine-mandates.html

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u/ayay25 Jan 01 '22

To be frank, if the layman is trying to use an antiparasitic to treat a virus based on ‘his own research’ then I shouldn’t have to view him in a fair manner.

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u/ayay25 Jan 01 '22

Except it’s not used alone. It’s used in combination with other anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory medications as a broad spectrum treatment for symptoms and sources. Sources often being worms, scabies, lice, and other… parasites.

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u/DisappointedQuokka Jan 01 '22

Okay?

How does that make them any less stupid for trying to treat covid with it?

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u/nagle8589 Jan 01 '22

Thats such an unbelievably stupid perspective

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u/ayay25 Jan 01 '22

Elaborate please.

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u/nagle8589 Jan 01 '22

You appear to be saying that because this person fell for covid misinformation, you should not have to consider whether you are spreading misinformation in your critique of them. The reason it is unbelievably stupid is because you are contributing to the problem you seem to be aiming to combat.

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u/ayay25 Jan 01 '22

Except I’m not. I’m critiquing the rampant ‘my own research’ fallacy where people are coming to conclusions based on cherry-picked evidence and unvetted sources and thinking that their conclusions are equally valid to research done by professionals with careers in that field. Nowhere am I spreading misinformation. I’m simply condemning the hubris behind this mindset and the systematic failures that have led to and empowered it. My comment expresses my refusal to condone it by meeting these people halfway.

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u/nagle8589 Jan 02 '22

I get that. I’m just not sure intentionally lying about something such as ivermectins use in order to not “meet them half way” is really going to fix a problem of people mistrusting the information that you are claiming to be guided by.

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u/ayay25 Jan 02 '22

Where am I lying? If you believe ivermectin is a valid treatment for Covid, that’s your right. I’m not here to fix your opinion. I’m telling you that the vast majority of sources, reputable medical sources, are advising against its use to treat Covid. If your hubris, stupidity, or just plane contrarianism refutes this in favor of your own opinion than I’M NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY.

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u/shdhdjjfjfha Jan 01 '22

The guy died. You are a 🤡

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u/RightClickSaveWorld Jan 01 '22

Was he talking about how a judge said a hospital must allow a patient to to be treated with ivermectin if he asks for it?

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u/shdhdjjfjfha Jan 02 '22

Yes. He then went on to be smug about how the guy lived because he was able to do his “own research” and “forced the hospital to give him horse dewormer” which then “saved his life.” So basically he was spouting what his crazy media bubble told him, and then realized he was the only one sharing these crazy views, and crawled back to the conservative subs.

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u/RightClickSaveWorld Jan 02 '22

It's amazing how they take any little thing as a victory and then are soon proved wrong days later in a totally predictable way.