Fringe Doctors' Groups Promote Ivermectin for COVID despite a Lack of Evidence

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September 29, 2021

Pharmaceuticals Fringe Doctors' Groups Promote Ivermectin for COVID despite a Lack of Evidence The organizations touting unproved protocols for the antiparasitic drug may be harming vaccination efforts By Christina Szalinski

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Climate Change How Climate Change Helped Fires Cross the Sierra Nevada for the First Time High, rocky peaks are no longer an insurmountable hurdle for ever fiercer flames fueled by heat and drought By Andrea Thompson

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FROM THE ARCHIVE COVID Has Created a Perfect Storm for Fringe Science It's always been with us, but in a time of pandemic, its practitioners have an amplified capacity to unleash serious harm By David Robert Grimes | April 2021

QUOTE OF THE DAY "The FDA, the CDC, major media & others hope you'll believe them when they tell you that [ivermectin] was meant only for animals, & that it's dangerous to use for [COVID]." Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance

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