“Research from Japan shows “ivermectin is effective against omicron in Phase III trial.”
Social media posts
in Twitter posts. Claim dated 31 Jan 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Reuters corrected a Jan. 31 article that originally reported that a Japanese study found ivermectin to be effective against omicron in human participants in a clinical trial.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 31 January 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 February 2022, 16 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
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