Remember that drug? It was called Ivermectin. It was an anti-parasite medication.

40-year safety track record, impeccable, used all over the world.

All of a sudden it became called a horse paste when Joe Rogan started taking it and talking about it.

Remember in the news. This is what it looked like.

All right.

Words of warning. Earlier this week, the Department of Health reiterated its warning against

the use of a drug called Ivermectin.

A new false cure for COVID in high demand.

Ivermectin.

Be aware that Ivermectin has not been proven as a way to prevent or treat COVID-19.

Rumors circulating on social media about its use specifically for COVID-19 in India.

That is not based in reality or fact.

There is no scientific basis for a potential therapeutic effect against COVID-19.

The FDA, the NIH, the World Health Organization,

and academic institutions across the world,

not just the U.S., are not recommending Ivermectin for COVID management.

With doctors unwilling to prescribe it for COVID, people have rushed to farm supply stores,

buying and taking large doses meant to deworm livestock.

Subtractor supply stores even posting these signs

alerting people that the ivermectin dewormers and injectables they carry for animals

have not been approved by the FDA for people and could result in injury or death.

Public health officer and agriculture commissioner warned against taking livestock drug for COVID-19.

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