Originally Posted by
elevenism
I've SEEN poor people in East Texas treat sickness with animal medicine from the feed store because they couldn't afford to see a doctor.
I suppose I'm just a bleeding heart type.
Then, I think of people who don't know better.
I'm ALSO slightly offended by the tone adopted by some of these newscasters. Also, i feel a dull horror regarding fact that the story claiming rural Oklahoma hospitals are unable to treat the influx of :P ahem, RURAL. OKLAHOMAN. GUNSHOT VICTIMS :P continues to be propagated, despite a thorough and utter debunking. Are we to sink to the level of Orange Man and his cohorts, disseminating fake news stories, even in the face of glaring inaccuracies? Is this the appropriate path?
The irony of the OK hoax story is that a damn good percentage of people in rural OK are FAMILIAR with livestock and livestock drugs. As such, THEY'D know not to misuse this particular drug.