"You are not a cow:" FDA pleads with Americans to stop using Ivermectin against COVID-19

Doctors in the United States are battling a rising rash of self-inflicted poisonings, as people infected with COVID-19 try to self-medicate against the virus. Touted as a miracle prevention and cure by far-right commentators and anti-vaxxers, Ivermectin is a treatment for lice and tropical parasites - not viruses. And with doctors unwilling to prescribe it, people have rushed to farm supply stores to buy doses meant to de-worm livestock. Jackson Proskow reports on the latest unproven cure pushed by misinformation. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/8134001/horse-dewormer-covid-19-americans-fda/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #Ivermectin #COVID-19