At least some of the ivermectin smears may be a white hat op. The Rollling Stone article about the hospital in Oklahoma is so blatantly fraudulent that it's laughable and was quickly retracted, but it also brought tons of attention to ivermectin. In this environment, defending something the left is against is pointless, and smearing it is the only way a white hat op would get any traction, but it would have to be done in such a way that it would be quickly debunked, as this one was.

At least some of the ivermectin smears may be a white hat op. The Rollling Stone article about the hospital in OK City is so blatantly fraudulent that it's laughable and was quickly retracted, but it also brought tons of attention to ivermectin. In this environment, defending something the left is against is pointless, and smearing it is the only way a white hat op would get any traction, but it would have to be done in such a way that it would be quickly debunked, as this one was.