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Trump shows support for vaccine, gets booed by supporters at rally

Donald Trump recommended that supporters at a rally in Alabama go and get the vaccine, which elicited some boos from the crowd.

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COLD SPRING, Kentucky Hatred of former President Donald Trump has kept researchers from looking into the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin andother drugs to treat COVID-19, Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul told constituents on Friday.

The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control have warned people using ivermectin,a drug used to treat parasitic worm infections in humans and livestock, is dangerous. The FDA went as far as tweeting out a reminderon August 21, "You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y'all. Stop it."

But Paul encouraged more research.

"The hatred for Trump deranged these people so much, that they're unwilling to objectively study it," Paul said to the 60 people squeezed into the Cold Spring CityCouncil chambers in this Northern Kentucky suburb just south of Cincinnati."So someone like me that's in the middle on it, I can't tell you because they will not study ivermectin. They will not study hydroxychloroquine without the taint of their hatred for Donald Trump."

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It's also why they don't research hydroxychloroquine, he said, an anti-malarial drug touted by Trump as a treatment.

The World Health Organizationin April foundbased on six clinical trials thathydroxychloroquine"had little or no effect on preventing illness, hospitalization or death from COVID-19."

A woman in the audience had asked Rand Paul, an ophthalmologist, why ivermectin wasn't more available.The woman said she had some ivermectin stashed away "just in case."

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Paul told her he didn't know if it works because there isn't enough research.When asked by The Enquirer after the meetings about the FDA and CDC warnings on ivermectin, Paul reiterated what he said in the town hall

"I don't know if it works, but I keep an open mind," Paul said.

One treatment Paul and the nation's top infectious disease expert agree on is monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19 in the early stages of the infection.But other than that, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Paul don't get along and have had very public clashes over the nation's COVID-19 response.

Paul spent a large portion of the town hall criticizing vaccine and mask mandates. Paul encouraged older people to get vaccinated but said it's a personal choice. Those who already had COVID-19, like Paul who contracted the disease last year,don't need it, Paul said.

A study published in early August by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionfoundunvaccinated people who have had COVID-19 are more than twice as likely to be reinfected with the virus compared with people who were fully vaccinated after contracting the virus.

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Paul did encourage older people to get vaccinated but maintained his stance that it's personal choice and shouldn't be mandated.

"I think I'm in the middle ground of the vaccines," Paul said. "CNN invites me on all the time. They have announcers calling me an 'ass' on TV. Then they have doctors saying I'm thoroughly anti-vaccine. You heard me, I'm not against the vaccine. I've already recommended if you're at risk to take it...It's still your choice if its a free country."

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Rand Paul undecided on Ivermectin to treat COVID-19, says hatred of Trump hinders research - The Cincinnati Enquirer

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)Explaining that it was taking the action out of an abundance of caution, the Food and Drug Administration has withdrawn its approval from whatever drug Rand Paul is on.

The agency emphasized that it did not know what drug the senator was taking, or whether he was taking any drug at all, but asserted that it was withdrawing its approval out of a concern for public safety.

If, in fact, Rand Paul is on something, we want to protect the American people from experiencing the same side effects that he appears to be exhibiting, such as irrationality, irritability, and difficulty processing information, an F.D.A. spokesperson said.

The F.D.A.s action drew a swift rebuke from Paul, who accused the agency of overreach and declared, This is my brain on no drugs whatsoever.

Responding to the Kentucky senators statement, the F.D.A. said that it was reversing its earlier decision but would refer Paul for further clinical study.

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F.D.A. Withdraws Approval from Whatever Drug Rand Paul Is On - The New Yorker

MOREHEAD Sen. Rand Paul visited the Rajant Corporation in Morehead to tour its facility and speak about its expanding operations.

Paul spoke with Rajant owner Bob Schema and other employees about the technology they have created and their link to Morehead. Paul said Rajants location in Morehead is great for Kentucky since many young engineers study at Morehead State University and no longer have to travel to other states to find work.

I think its exciting for Kentucky but also exciting as sort of a symbiotic relationship with Morehead State because youve got these young people that are many of them, most of them Kentuckians that are smart engineers being hired at a tech company and its right here, said Paul.

Schema agreed with Dr. Pauls view on the connection between Rajant and Morehead State, and said being able to hire recent graduates to allow them to stay close to family is one of the best things about their location.

Were very family-oriented and one of the things I noticed when I came down here in 2016 was the intense relationship, multi-generational relationship here and the impact that allowing young folks with engineering to stay here, what (impact) thats had on families has been one of the nicest parts of being able to have jobs here, said Schema.

Paul discussed the benefits of having communications companies like Rajant within the United States as opposed to outsourcing to countries like China or Taiwan, and said he would like to see more technology made within the country.

Ive been talking to my staff for a couple months now trying to figure out what kind of legislation we could do with chips and pharmaceuticals and/or more, maybe even a broader array of things and try to get those things done in our country, said Paul.

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Representative Louie Gohmert, a Republican from Texas, on Friday appeared to speak in support of unproven treatments for COVID-19, including ivermectin, a drug that's often used as a dewormer for cows and horses.

"I don't know if y'all saw, but a month after president Trump left office the American Journal of Medicine came out with a great article that they had discovered a regimen of medication that, when taken together early in COVID, that you may have heard of it hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, Z-Pak, azithromycin, zinc," Gohmert said during a speech at the Texas Youth Summit Friday night.

Gohmert's comments were met with cheers from the audience.

The Food and Drug Administration has said ivermectin should not be used to treat or prevent COVID-19, and that it has received "multiple reports of patients who have required medical support and been hospitalized after self-medicating with ivermectin intended for horses."

The FDA notes that ivermectin tablets "are approved at very specific doses for some parasitic worms, and there are topical (on the skin) formulations for head lice and skin conditions like rosacea." But it specifies that ivermectin is not a drug for treating viruses.

During his remarks on Friday, Gohmert also praised former President Donald Trump for "getting the government out of the way enough" so that COVID-19 vaccines could be developed quickly.

But he also raised some concerns about COVID vaccines.

"The trouble is, these vaccines, they were only approved for emergency use. Now you have Pfizer that's been approved, but there's so much long term they don't know," Gohmert said.

"And now that the pandemic is under more control," he added, "we need to get back to our freedom of saying ,'Look, here's my preexisting conditions, let's talk about which one I should take, if I should even take one.'"

In a story that aired on the Houston TV station KTRK on Wednesday, a Texas doctor said he had used ivermectin to treat thousands of COVID-19 patients.

The doctor, Joseph Varon, said that drug used in combination with other COVID therapies is effective.

"It's not just ivermectin," he said.

"That's where people get confused. Ivermectin helps you, but it helps you when you are giving it in addition to other components of treatment protocols that are out there."

Varon said that he hadn't seen "a single significant side-effect" from the drug.

On Friday, Senator Rand Paul claimed that "hatred for Trump" hindered research into ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19, saying researchers were "unwilling to objectively study it."

Earlier this month, the FDA tweeted about ivermectin, "You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y'all. Stop it."

Gohmert's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Newsweek on Saturday morning.

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GOP Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert Draws Applause for Praising Ivermectin as COVID Treatment - Newsweek

Far-right political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos said he tested positive for COVID-19 in a social media post and shared an image of himself using ivermectin an anti-parasitic drug that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned Americans against using.

Yiannopoulos posted a photo of a positive coronavirus test strip with the caption "Rona," to his Telegram account, according to screenshots shared on Twitter Saturday by media watchdog group Right Wing Watch.

"Most of you got the normal 'it's just flu' rona last year and most of you didn't even know you had it. But I don't have any friends and I don't leave the house so I only got the deadly superspreader version from vaccinated people and let me tell you THIS IS NOT FUN," Yiannopoulos wrote.

The commentator then went on to describe his symptoms for the day, which included dizziness, headache, chills, foggy head, nausea, coughing, and difficulty breathing.

Yiannopoulos appeared to have tested positive for the virus days earlier and said that "yesterday was the worst day of my life."

He also shared an image of a thermometer showing he had a 93-degree fever and said he "slept on an off for like 48 hours."

In a separate post, Yiannopoulos shared a photo appearing to inject ivermectin into his arm using a veterinary syringe with the caption "now we wait."

Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic drug that is approved by the FDA for use in humans to treat certain parasitic worm infectionsbut not for the treatment of any viral infection such as COVID-19. The drug was first introduced as a veterinary treatment in the 1970s to deworm livestock such as cows and horses.

The FDA said people should not use ivermectin to treat COVID-19 symptoms and said it has received "multiple reports of patients who have required medical support and been hospitalized after self-medicating with ivermectin intended for horses."

Recently, the drug has been mentioned by some conservatives, including Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and Representative Louie Gohmert (R-TX).

Earlier this week, NBC News reported that Americans eager to get their hands on the drug have turned to the pro-Trump telemedicine website SpeakWithAnMD.com. The high demand has reportedly led to significant delays and users are greeted with the message: "Due to overwhelming demand, we are experiencing longer than usual wait times."

Dr. Penny Ward, a visiting professor in pharmaceutical medicine at King's College London, told Newsweek last month that ivermectin has been associated with allergic reactions and can also worsen pre-existing liver or kidney disease. Furthermore, the FDA has warned that high doses of ivermectin meant for animals can be "highly toxic" in humans.

Yiannopoulos is a controversial figure and one of the original heads of the alt-right group the Proud Boys. He has previously been barred from posting content across social media sites including Facebook and Twitter.

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Milo Yiannopoulos Reports Having COVID, Shares Pic of Ivermectin: 'This Is Not Fun' - Newsweek