Quickly dislodging the 'Ivermectin is a horse dewormer' meme
How did we end up here?
Before you go any further into a discussion on Ivermectin, you need to dislodge a nugget of disinformation which may have lodged into your psyche. Because of a now infamous tweet by the FDA, when people hear the word ‘Ivermectin’, they think ‘horse dewormer’. Charitably, characterizing Ivermectin as a horse dewormer is unfair, but its better described as a lie.
Ivermectin is considered by the World Health Organisation as a vital global medicine. It was first brought to market in 1987 as an anti-parasitic and has since been administered - in humans - more than 3 billion times. Over 30 years of use, Ivermectin has built a reputation as a remarkably safe drug. Its miraculous successes in ridding the world of river blindness and elephantiasis - in humans - led its discoverer, Satoshi Ōmura, to jointly win the Nobel Prize in 2015. The first research suggesting Ivermectin may also have anti-viral properties turned up in 2012. It’s therefore quite reasonable to see Ivermectin as a candidate in the fight against covid. In humans.
I’m so sorry I had to write that. You can now continue with your day. If anyone else replies ‘horse dewormer’ or similar, please share this post.
This is all TRUE. To add to the accolades of IVM, it is considered to be one of the five most beneficial and important meds every developed. IVM along with Penicillin, Small Pox Vax, Polio Vax and Aspirin/Tylenol it is known to be a drug that has saved millions of lives and cured millions more from River Blindness.
In fact, in most developing countries, one can buy IVM as well as HCQ at the convenience store when you get your soda or cigs.
So, there's that.