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The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 2 years ago

This will be a funny one to explain to grandkids one day

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This will be a funny one to explain to grandkids one day

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The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 2 years ago
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  • TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    Oh god I forgot about the weirdos and the fucking horse dewormer 🤣

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      Some of them still take it when they get sick

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        As did people before COVID

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          They take it for everything but worms though.

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            Well, it did win the nobel prize for being multifaceted

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              Yeah for treating different kinds of parasites not viruses

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                Then why call it a “horse dewormer”?

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                  Because it is used as a horse dewormer, it is a veterinary medicine used to kill parasites.

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                    But we’re talking about humans, this narrative is weird and misleading

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                  1- they’re not buying the human pills, because those require a prescription and don’t actually work against Covid.

                  2- the tubes of medication they ARE buying are from veterinary stores, and the main purpose is indeed to deworm horses. There’s a horse on the package and everything.

                  3- the name stuck, because the people taking ivermectin to stop Covid were/are a bunch of antivax morons deserving of much more than merely scorn and ridicule for the number of deaths on their hands.

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                  worms are parasites?

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                    But it’s used on humans on a massive scale, calling it horse dewormer is misleading

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