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The Block Star Says He’s Taking Joe Rogan’s Advice After Testing Positive For Coronavirus

The Block Star Says He’s Taking Joe Rogan’s Advice After Testing Positive For Coronavirus

Josh Packham has stupidly revealed he would prefer to take medicines that haven't been proven to help combat coronavirus.

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie

A contestant from The Block has revealed he's tested positive for coronavirus and is self-medicating his way through his isolation period.

Josh Packham, who was also on the second season of Love Island Australia, complained that there are 'no early prevention methods' from getting Covid-19 except for the vaccine.

Despite the vaccine being literally life-saving against the pandemic, it appears Josh was looking for a different type of silver bullet to prevent him from getting the virus.

But instead of trying to get through his infection period normally, he's revealed he will be taking a leaf out of Joe Rogan's book.

He said on Instagram: "What I am concerned about is there's no early prevention methods put in place by the government.

"They basically just say have a vaccine and if you catch it, stay in isolation for 14 days and if you're a really really bad case, you'll go to hospital."

"I'm gonna listen to Joe Rogan [and] Dana White, they had Azithromycin, Monoclonal and Ivermectin. I've got those three on the way for myself today."

He added that the government doesn't want people to take these sorts of drugs because they're 'dangerous' and he reckons Rogan and White are smarter than the experts who advise policymakers.

Mmm, right.

He ended his address by rhetorically asking what is more dangerous: Covid-19 or FDA approved drugs?

While the medicines he listed are approved by the US FDA, they haven't been sanctioned for use for coronavirus treatment.

In fact, the FDA literally told people not to take ivermectin, which is a drug that has previously been used to treat humans for 'parasitic worms and head lice and skin conditions like rosacea'.

The regulator wrote back in August: "The FDA has not authorized or approved ivermectin for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19 in people or animals. Ivermectin has not been shown to be safe or effective for these indications.

"There's a lot of misinformation around, and you may have heard that it's okay to take large doses of ivermectin. It is not okay."

If you take unnecessary doses of ivermectin then you can suffer from vomiting, diarrhoea, low blood pressure, dizziness, seizures, balance issues, allergic reactions. You could go into a coma or even die.

A Sydney bloke was admitted to hospital this year after taking an overdose of the drug.

At the beginning of the pandemic, there was one study that suggested it could be used to combat Covid-19, however no other investigations have been able to find any benefit that have later been positively peer-reviewed.

The Cochrane Library released arguably the best study into the use of Ivermectin for coronavirus and found people shouldn't be taking it.

While it was thought that azithromycin might be helpful in the fight against Covid-19, a study from the University of California San Francisco discovered that it doesn't prevent or treat the symptoms.

It's probably best for everyone not to take Josh's lead by following a podcaster and a UFC figurehead and instead stick to what the experts are saying.

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Topics: Australia