| Doctors across the country are fighting more than the pandemic – now, they're having to battle misinformation, too.
They describe being aggravated at the constant requests to be prescribed the veterinary parasite drug Ivermectin, with patients lashing out at doctors when they are told that it’s not a safe coronavirus treatment.
An Illinois family practice doctor has patients tell him that microchips are embedded in vaccines as part of a ploy to take over people’s DNA.
Dr. Carl Lambert hears lots of wild misinformation from his patients. Some come from the Bible interpretations; some originate from the rapper Nicki Minaj.
Some of it is the stuff of internet conspiracy theories, like there being a chip in the vaccine that will take over their DNA.
"Impossible scientifically,” says the family physician in Chicago. He also hears patients tell him that the vaccine will weaken their immune systems. He responds: "Immunology 101. Vaccines help your immune system.”
A Louisiana doctor has resorted to showing patients a list of ingredients in Twinkies, reminding those who are skeptical about the makeup of vaccines that everyday products have lots of safe additives that no one really understands.
He said one of the biggest issues is social media, as evidenced by the many patients who describe what they saw on Facebook in deciding against getting vaccinated. That mindset has spawned memes about the many Americans who got their degrees at the University of Facebook School of Medicine.
"I am like, 'No, no, no, no, no.' I shake my head, 'No, no. That is not right, no, no. Stop, stop, just stop looking at Facebook.'"
Such exchanges have become all-too-common for medical workers who are growing weary of COVID-19 denial and misinformation that have made it exasperating to treat unvaccinated patients during the delta-driven surge. | 
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