Vaccine misinformation leads to a spike in ivermectin sales
September 28, 2021
Made-up stories of ivermectin curing people infected with COVID-19 have led to a spike in sales of the deworming drug used to treat animals, despite the medication’s potential to be harmful or even life threatening to humans. As a result, farmers who need the drug for their animals are finding it tougher to find.
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