I had not heard for Ivermectin until a couple days ago, in this thread.
Just today in my Twitter feed, I heard of it again. There are/were many articles about overdoses in some area of Oklahoma, so bad that there were back-ups to provide support for these folks, gunshot victims were unable to receive proper medical attention because of such a fiasco...
The hospital system came-out to refute the story - stating they did not treat anyone with respect to Ivermectin complications / overdose, and that all emergency care patients have been treated, no one turned away.
What the heck is going-on in this country? What has happened to the once very professional field of journalism, like the checking of sources, here the obvious one, the hospital system itself? Maddow Tweeted this too, maybe others with massive followings? If so, have those Tweets been "addressed" (corrected, noted as disinfo, removed)?
I don't believe in self-medicating, and most especially not with something like this! I'm onboard with that message, BUT when those who we entrust to deliver such important messaging corrupt it with this type of unsubstantiated crap, it unfortunately casts doubt on everything else, including the factual, here potentially live-saving information.
EDIT / ADD: A few months old, but given the above example, and many others, I seriously doubt there has been improvement in this sorry state:
https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2021/us-ranks-last-among-46-countries-in-trust-in-media-reuters-institute-report-finds/ Sig test...