Marjorie Taylor Greene faces mockery over hantavirus immunity claim
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Updated · OK! · May 7
Marjorie Taylor Greene faces mockery over hantavirus immunity claim
4 articles · Updated · OK! · May 7
On 6 May, the 51-year-old former congresswoman said ivermectin, vitamin D and zinc could treat the rare rodent-borne disease after consulting Texas doctor Mary Talley Bowden.
Online critics rejected her assertion that people who skipped lockdowns, masks and Covid vaccines had developed “natural immunity” to hantavirus, calling the claim false and dangerous.
Bowden was suspended by Houston Methodist in 2021 over Covid misinformation, while ivermectin remains contentious after US regulators warned against using animal formulations during the pandemic.
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