The Real Parasites

Let me start by being completely transparent with y'all, I am not a medical professional in any way, shape or form. I'm just a hater, and nobody deserves my hate more than those who exploit vulnerable people for capital gain.

Now, I don't blame any layperson for not knowing the exact medical definition of this condition. Hell I had never heard of it till I became a fly on the wall in a "parasite cleanse" Facebook group. Just so there's no confusion, here is what a Herxheimer Reaction really is:

The Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction is an inflammatory response that develops 24 after starting antibiotic treatments for spirochete infections, such as syphilis, Lyme disease, etc.

Symptoms typically include: fever, chills, rigors, nausea, vomiting, headache, etc. and they typically resolve spontaneously within 12-24 hours.

So where does this fit within the holistic wellness community? In my opinion it doesn't truly fit there at all because none of these people are receiving antibiotics. But the grifters that sell bogus parasite cleanses have found a way to twist it in their favor.

According to many of these business owners a Herxheimer Reaction is just any adverse effect that comes after ingesting whatever concoction they sold you. They claim it is caused by the supposed "parasites" releasing "enzymes" that make you sick in order to stop you from continuing the cleansing process 🫩🫩

Here are a few examples:

"detox reaction" and "die off symptoms" are also used a lot in place of saying Herxheimer Reaction.

So pretty much anything that happens to you during/after using these products gets chalked up to being Herxheimer Reactions.

Which is honestly kind of genius of them....in a cartoonishly evil way. All they had to do to keep people buying their crap was to convince them that these horrible and uncomfortable side effects are SUPPOSED to happen.

It honestly breaks my heart to see all of these people obviously struggling and in pain and this is all Kim Rogers, the owner of Rogershood Apothecary, has to say about it:

She and her evil henchmen LOVE to watch y'all spend your hard earned money just to ruin your body further 💪🏻

Reading about her customers having seizures, heart palpitations, sudden blurry vision, etc. INSPIRES her to continue being a crook 💜

She is so THANKFUL for her community of people posting photos/videos of their toilet bowls full of blood and intestinal lining 🤗🎉🍃

When doctors prescribe medication that someone must be on for life - BAD, EVIL, MONEY HUNGRY BIG PHARMA!!!!

When some nobody convinces you that you must buy the product they're shilling for the rest of your life - true, and honest. definitely have your best interest in mind

I saw this post this morning, 12 minutes after it was posted as you can see. I wanted to read the comment but guess what happened when I tried to open them....

Oh! Look at that! The post was swiftly removed! Can't have the thousands of group members finding out this bullshit won't actually take care of any parasites, huh?

Absolutely evil that these are the posts that the moderators decide to moderate. Y'all let the group run wild any other time, but when someone is an inch away from exposing your shit ass products OOOOOH ya gotta take that down real fast.

Unfortunately there are people out there that think you can "cleanse" away an STI. The only comment on this post recommended a specific diet to get rid of the herpes virus; that is not how that works.

Anyway, I've been itching to make a post about the blatant misinformation our next specimen spews on the daily. So, let's get into it!

This is Kim, the founder and owner of a sham "parasite cleanse" company. She also created this lovely Facebook group that I take a lot of my screenshots from 🤭

Kim makes so many claims about all the supposed parasites she's had in her lifetime (girl, check your hygiene if you're getting parasites left and right 😬) and now she's claiming she had parvovirus! But not just any strain of parvo but THE STRAIN THAT DOGS GET 🙃🙃🙃 That is biologically impossible, Kim, baby!

Ya see, parvo picks very specific hosts, meaning the strain that infects canines will ONLY infect canines, and in turn the strain that infects humans (parvovirus B19) ONLY infects humans! Soooooo no. You did not have the same parvo that dogs get, ya silly!

Parvovirus B19 is also a pretty common infection so she ain't as special as she thinks she is either (idk why she's tryna flex having an illness???) In the US alone, around 50% of adults have had parvovirus B19 at some point. In fact, most people that get infected are unaware as they are asymptomatic! It's usually immunocompromised individuals that tend to show symptoms.

Kimmie Kim here also claims that she contracted it from water which could potentially be the case had she been playing around in wastewater 🤢 but like most respiratory viruses (cause it is indeed a VIRUS not a parasite like she'll want you to believe) it typically spreads through coughing, sneezing, or touching an infected surface.

She'll probably never see this post, but if she does I have some words for her.

Kim, you're a lying, and manipulative grifter. You let people run wild in your Facebook group and offer incredibly harmful advice to one another. I truly hope the money you've made off the backs of scared and vulnerable people was worth it to you. And I know that you know deep down you're completely wrong about all the crap that spews from your mouth, that's why you make sure to put your little disclaimers at the end of all your posts stating that your claims aren't meant to treat or cure any ailment. That may cover your ass legally, but it doesn't cover your ass from me, my buddy Google, and my ability to research properly.

Reading comprehension in America is in the trenches and it shows 🥴

My screenshot is a bit blurry, but the warning on this tube of ivermectin reads "Do not use in horses intended for human consumption"

This isn't the first person I've seen thinking this is some kind of gotcha to Big Pharma. People that promote veterinary grade ivermectin use for humans REGULARLY point out this warning believing it is confirming their delusion that this product is some magical miracle cure for everything under the Sun.

Except if you have basic reading comprehension skills you'd know that "Do not use in horses intended for human consumption" DOES NOT mean the same thing as "Do not use in horses; intended for human consumption".

This lovely lady so proudly decided to announce to the group that she has successfully coerced her husband into doing a sham "parasite cleanse" by threatening to withhold sex until he does 🙃🙃🙃

She works in an assisted living facility btw; what happens when she starts coercing them to partake in harmful "wellness" activities??

A bit ago I actually read through all the warnings on the Durvet website and this is what I found

Huh, I wonder what happened to this NAVAN company

(I mean she's already in the hospital I don't think there's much more that can be done here, but let's see what our natural medicine friends suggest!)

..... vitamin C? Strange, but ok, not the worst I've seen.

Oh boy, the ol' "IT WORKS DOCTORS JUST HIDE IT FROM US!!!!" line

This fellow was nice enough to share a link to this study so let's take a look! (I would bet money that he skimmed the first paragraph)

Yeah, yeah he definitely only read what I highlighted in yellow; ain't it funny how he missed the very next sentence that says "WHEN USED IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER DRUGS". oh, and the part about clinical trials not being able to produce results lmao.

Alrighty, might as well look at the conclusion while I'm here.

Oop, there it is 🤭🤭