Wednesday, 08 September 2021 16:18

Don't!

Written by The Hound

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Your canine crusader reckons this story could come straight out of the 'Only in America' file.

Apparently, health officials in the US have been warning people not to self-dose themselves with Ivermectin drench in an attempt to prevent them from getting Covid-19.

Such is the concern about Americans contemplating using Ivermectin instead of getting a Covid shot, the US federal Food and Drug Aministration (FDA) had a simple message: "You are not a horse," it said. "You are not a cow. Seriously, y'all. Stop it."

As with other purported alternative treatments for Covid-19, misinformation about Ivermectin has spread on social media and politicians.

US surgeon general Dr Vivek Murthy told CNN: "The best protection we have against Covid-19 is the vaccine, and if you get Covid-19, we actually do have treatments that work. Ivermectin is not one of them!"

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