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.
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It is approved for use in humans, but its primary uses are all as an antiparisitic drug. And primarily worms.
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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It is wild how they just jump from one thing to other mentioning things at random.
"I know this guy who can point his finger at you and you will feel it, because you know... how did they build the pyramids?? This thing is like quantum physics".
Is this the effects of too much ivermectin?
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Why can't they take like acute doses of actual poison? Why is it always this bullshit? Don't be a pussy, drink the bleach, bitch!
We all know that’s total bullshit because Mel Gibson has no friends.
We all know that’s bullshit because Mel Gibson.
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When numbnuts have no power in society, it's often dismissed as a fool's errand to try to counter their crazy claims. But I think we all need to be countering the crazy at all times, not just when the biggest crazies are enjoying power and reach. Otherwise, we get Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson talking about curing terminal cancer with animal dewormer and Donald Trump winning a second term and appointing RFK Jr. to delete vaccines from history.
Horse/barn door situation, but still. It can always get worse.
Well the blue color actually proved valuable in spinal reconstruction. (AFAIK)
Huh. Apparently it's been found seemingly helpful with pain management, trauma reduction, disinfection, cleaning, and tumor detection when used as a dye. I wasn't thorough so I didn't find anything about spinal reconstruction specifically but its use is probably related in one of these ways in some procedures. So TIL.
Still not a cancer-killer. Sorry, Mel!
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It's really quite scary how many people will believe claims from someone who has no qualifications on the subject just because they are an influencer. Ivermectin works on mites and other parasitic animals by paralyzing their muscles. Following this logic, it would be analogous to claiming that benzodiazepines cured my friend's broken limb.
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How long until Rogan bros wake up to the bullshit this guy is shoveling?
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Sooooooo…. Broprah agrees with ignorance. Is this new?
We need to get Joe Rogan to think the key to eternal youth is uranium glass butt plugs
my uncle survived WW2 and lived to be 102 while wearing a uranium glass butt plug the whole time.
dude never shit solid a day in his life.
docs said he might have lived longer if not for the colon cancer.