https://rescue.substack.com/p/a2520b80-bcd1-4905-a913-68f6f6809779
Horse-Bleep: How 4 Calls on Animal Ivermectin Launched a False FDA-Media Attack on a Life-Saving Human Medicine
Our investigative reporters dug up the FDA memos documenting the start of a propaganda campaign, and got The New York Times to correct its false reporting.
https://twitter.com/marybethpf/status/1449536695679045640
Four calls. That’s what led to an avalanche of hyped-up media reports on ivermectin. My story w/@stevia543
shows FDA was complicit in spreading lies about a safe legal drug. #NotDewormer READ PLS RT
https://twitter.com/marybethpf/status/1449536699785175040
The plot began with a Mississippi health alert that said a huge share of poisoning calls came from animal IVM ingestion. Media didn’t ask: How many? It took 46 days for @msdh
to correct…Wasn’t 70% of calls—but 2%. @stevia543
and I asked how many? FOUR, it finally admitted.
https://twitter.com/marybethpf/status/1449536703560101890
Internal emails show a direct line between the fake alert & FDA "not-a-horse" tweet, seen by >23 million in 2 days. FDA was gleeful as it went viral. FDA head emails staffers over tweet stats, "That was great!"
https://twitter.com/marybethpf/status/1449536706743578627
‘You are not a horse.’ That may be FDA’s lone truth on IVM. It tried to make people believe the drug would hurt them, even as legally prescribed. IVM won the 2015 Nobel in Medicine; saved millions from river blindness, and helped tame a C19 wave in India. Instead, FDA lied.