“The FDA is now saying that it’s OK to take ivermectin if you have COVID.”
What PolitiFact found
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not changed its guidance on ivermectin. It has not approved the drug for use in preventing or treating COVID-19.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Maria Bartiromo (Fox Business host) made this claim around 11 August 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 31 August 2023, 20 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Maria Bartiromo has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- foxbusiness.comhttps://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6333123386112
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/SenRonJohnson/status/1690009000857710592
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/Cv53FSlJlXm/
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/Cv7gmNjAKQe/
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