'You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y'all. Stop it.'
sent to the state’s health care providers said “at least 70% of the recent calls” to poison control had been related to the ingestion of ivermectin purchased at livestock supply centers.
Ivermectin tablets have been approved by the FDA to treat patients with some conditions caused by parasitic worms, and the medicine is used to treat or prevent parasites in some animals, like horses. Some initial research is being done on the effect of ivermectin on SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but the FDA has been clear that “additional testing is needed to determine whether ivermectin might be appropriate to prevent or treat coronavirus or COVID-19.
The FDA has granted emergency use authorizations for three COVID-19 vaccines — the Johnson & Johnson, Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech shots — which are widely available in the United States. Full FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine is expected Monday, according to
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