“The medication ivermectin is an alternative to Covid-19 vaccines”
Social media posts
Claim dated 1 Mar 2021.
TheJournal.ie rated thisUnproven
What TheJournal.ie found
The jury is out about whether ivermectin is beneficial for Covid-19 patients, but it is extremely difficult to find infectious disease experts who say it could be considered an alternative to vaccines.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 March 2021. TheJournal.ie (Ireland) looked into it and published its finding on 24 March 2021, 23 days later. Its rating was “Unproven”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/prolifeeire/photos/a.583619698514624/1581087292101188/?type=3&th…
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