Can Ivermectin Cure Coronavirus?

Posted on AllSides April 5th, 2022
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ANALYSIS

Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug used as the primary ingredient in canine heartworm preventatives, was touted as a “new tool” in the “arsenal” against SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus strain responsible for the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Media publications like far-right cable channel OAN touted the drug as a “cure” that could kill the virus in “just 48 hours.”

Our analysis determined that this claim is a mixture of half-truths combined with misleading and overzealous claims.

Such claims began circulating online in April 2020 when Australian researchers with the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and the Peter Doherty Institute of Infection...

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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ivermectin-cure-coronavirus/

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