The Latest Ivermectin Nonsense
The anti-parasite drug Ivermectin continues to be the favorite alternative to COVID vaccination traded back and forth by the conspiracy-minded and the gullible. Though the drug has fallen out of the news cycle during the Russian invasion, the tinfoil-hat crowd have continued spreading as much disinformation as they can on the subject.
Here are some of the latest lies and misleading claims.
No, the Queen is not on Ivermectin
A common thread in the anti-vaccination conspiracy-sphere is the belief that powerful people are secretly taking ivermectin when they get sick, proving that they know it really works and are pushing vaccines for some nefarious reason. The latest victim of this nonsense is Queen Elizabeth II of England, who tested positive for COVID on February 20. Shortly after, the Australian Nine Network show A Current Affair did a piece in COVID treatments for the elderly that featured a shot of ivermectin in some B-roll footage.
Conspiracy theorists took this as proof that the Queen was using the drug. The network later stated that the inclusion of ivermectin was an editing error, and no one on Current Affair ever said that the Queen was using the drug. Buckingham Palace has not commented on the Queen’s exact health protocols, but ivermectin is not approved for use in the United Kingdom, and there is no evidence that she is using the drug. She was also vaccinated against COVID in January of 2021.
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