The public broadcaster reported that the host of the world's No. 1 podcast, Joe Rogan, was "Taking a cocktail of unproven treatments - including ivermectin, a deworming drug for cows that the FDA warns people should not ingest."
Political commentator Andrew Sullivan was among many who pointed out that while the drug indeed is used for farm animals, there is a Nobel-prize-winning, FDA-approved version of ivermectin for human consumption.
The podcast host Joe Rogan, who has dismissed COVID vaccines, said he tested positive and is taking a cocktail of unproven treatments - including ivermectin, a deworming drug for cows that the FDA warns people should not ingest.
In May, the government of India's most populated state, Uttar Pradesh, said its early, widespread use of ivermectin helped to keep the number of COVID cases and deaths low.
The health department for the state, which has a population of more than 230 million, introduced ivermectin on Aug. 6, 2020, as a treatment and a prophylaxis for health workers and others in close contacts with COVID patients.
In early August, the rambunctious Daily Beast, unabashedly dripping with invective, published a story titled "Pharmacists Fight Off COVID Truthers Demanding Horse Medicine Instead of the Jab." The left-wing site informed its readers that ivermectin "Enthusiasts have taken to raiding rural tractor supply stores in search of ivermectin horse paste and weighed the benefits of taking ivermectin 'sheep drench' and a noromectin 'injection for swine and cattle.'".
The WHO stated March 31 that the "Current evidence on the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19 patients is inconclusive," and until more data is available, "Recommends that the drug only be used within clinical trials."
It's becoming increasingly difficult to discern fact from fiction, and unfortunately the media has a strong bias. They spin stories to make conservatives look bad and will go to great lengths to avoid reporting on the good that comes from conservative policies. There are a few shining lights in the media landscape-brave conservative outlets that report the truth and offer a different perspective. We must support conservative outlets like this one and ensure that our voices are heard.
Friday, September 3, 2021
Media mock users of 'populist' COVID drug with bogus 'horse paste' claim
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