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Voldermectin

The drug that must not be named

25 September 2021

9:00 AM

25 September 2021

9:00 AM

On 10 September, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) banned GPs from prescribing ivermectin for preventing or treating Covid-19, citing ‘a number of significant public health risks associated with taking ivermectin in an attempt to prevent Covid-19 infection rather than getting vaccinated’. In other words it’s meant to promote vaccination. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns Americans against taking ivermectin, a medicine used to deworm livestock: ‘You are not a horse.

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