“Mountains of data" show drug ivermectin "basically obliterates" COVID-19 transmission.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 22 Apr 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Currently, there are no "mountains of data" to show its benefit. The existing evidence is limited and documents mixed results.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 April 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 April 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
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