Why the Right Still Embraces Ivermectin

Five years after the pandemic began, interest in the anti-parasitic drug is rising again as right-wing influencers promote it — and spread misinformation about it.

  • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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    4 days ago

    Even so, taking a dewormer that is meant for a horse’s digestive system would probably not be very good for a person at all. So at best this is completely pointless, and at worst it could cause permanent damage or death.

    And a lot of these fuckers encourage people to not take it themselves, but give it to their kids.

    • PKMKII [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      Mind you, some people get unscrupulous doctors to prescribe them the human dosage for it. In that case, it’s not going to do anything for them but it’s also not going to do any harm. There were a lot of cases of people getting seriously sick from taking too much of the horse paste version during the COVID pandemic.