• @nixcamic
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    1 month ago

    It doesn’t do people’s argument credit when they call ivermectin a horse dewormer. Yes, it can be used for that but it’s a broad spectrum drug used for lots of things in humans and animals. Does it do what the alt right says? Probably not. But you look almost as dumb as they do when you call a WHO essential medicine horse dewormer.

    • @[email protected]
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      251 month ago

      Calling it a horse dewormer came about because folks were buying the ones labeled as deworming agents at tractor supplies and similar locations. Sure it has other uses but its an easy jab at the folks drinking it like water for covid.

    • @dx1
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      121 month ago

      It is approved for use in humans, but its primary uses are all as an antiparisitic drug. And primarily worms.

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      91 month ago

      Nobody is claiming that it isn’t great for deworming horses and other related anti-parasitic applications. But it is provably not effective at combating COVID or cancer, and mocking people who conflate the legitimate uses for the imaginary uses under the guise of “its a WHO essential medicine” is morally correct.

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        21 month ago

        Medical professionals who promote quack uses should not only be mocked, they should have their license to practice terminated.