A reasonable, responsible government that actually cared about people's lives would not be screaming "HORSE DEWORMER, HORSE DEWORMER!"
A reasonable, responsible government would be saying exactly this:
"Even though ivermectin has not been approved by the FDA to treat covid-19, there is still some evidence to suggest it can help reduce the severity and duration of illness. If you attempt to use Ivermectin formulated for large farm animals, make sure to reduce the dosage accordingly to adjust for human body weight so you do do not overdose on medication."
But no, they started screaming, "HORSE DEWORMER!!!"
I hate these people.
You can believe what you want about it, but no lab I’ve ever existed in has taken special care to inform me that I shouldn’t be eating random chemicals I was mixing.
It’s kind of… a given…
Like, you don’t even drink lab water. You could. But you don’t. It’s the trigger discipline of lab work.
Yes… the keyword here being LAB. Ivermectin is not used in a lab setting with all professional adults. Most of the time it’s used around 1000 pound animals that don’t always like what your trying to squeeze into their mouths. Some horses behave and others… well… not so much and you end up covered with more of that paste than you actually managed to get the horse. Imagine trying to force a 1000lb+ toddler to take a medicine they really REALLY don’t want to take. I’d say about 1 of every 7 or 8 horses has this kind of reaction. So no farm worker needs to be told to not eat it but are there more than a couple times it inadvertently gets in your mouth? You bet.