this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2024
583 points (96.1% liked)
Funny
6773 readers
626 users here now
General rules:
- Be kind.
- All posts must make an attempt to be funny.
- Obey the general sh.itjust.works instance rules.
- No politics or political figures. There are plenty of other politics communities to choose from.
- Don't post anything grotesque or potentially illegal. Examples include pornography, gore, animal cruelty, inappropriate jokes involving kids, etc.
Exceptions may be made at the discretion of the mods.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
They take it for everything but worms though.
Well, it did win the nobel prize for being multifaceted
Yeah for treating different kinds of parasites not viruses
Then why call it a "horse dewormer"?
1- they're not buying the human pills, because those require a prescription and don't actually work against Covid.
2- the tubes of medication they ARE buying are from veterinary stores, and the main purpose is indeed to deworm horses. There's a horse on the package and everything.
3- the name stuck, because the people taking ivermectin to stop Covid were/are a bunch of antivax morons deserving of much more than merely scorn and ridicule for the number of deaths on their hands.
worms are parasites?
But it's used on humans on a massive scale, calling it horse dewormer is misleading
Because it is used as a horse dewormer, it is a veterinary medicine used to kill parasites.
But we're talking about humans, this narrative is weird and misleading
Not really. The whole thing started because people were buying it from farm supply stores where it was being sold for animal usage