There was a wave of media hype because a couple of people called a poison control number to ask about it. Then hysteria about emergency rooms overflowing with horse paste overdoses even though no one could find a single actual case. Then ridiculing Joe Rogan because he had the nerve to say he used it. Then the story burned out because there was nothing left to be hysterical about. It was a textbook case of how modern media works.
The question was mostly just rhetorical, much like those millions of ventilators that we were going to need. But yes, you are absolutely correct, it was just media FUD.
It turned out to be something like 3-4 cases which actually was a huge increase from the 1 the previous year but not the huge epidemic the media blew it up into. Also it was numbers from a single hospital.
"OMG!!11!! AN INCREASE OF 400%!! ALL IN A SINGLE YEAR!!"
I kind of figured as much, there'd be a few because some would just eat it all.
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