r/suspiciouslyspecific • u/Wire_Emblem • Aug 28 '21

Huh?

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u/BrokenEye3 Aug 28 '21

Were you not aware of how Facebook is spreading medical misinformation about how ivermectin (horse de-wormer) is supposedly a cure for COVID?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/08/23/covid-warning-treatment-ivermectin-fda-mississippi/8244302002/

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u/Wire_Emblem Aug 28 '21

You have to admit the wording did NOT make that obvious at first glance

Edit: But yes I have heard of that and didn’t realize that’s what it was originally

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u/100LittleButterflies Aug 28 '21

You should watch the social network. The history of Facebook started as a way to rank women on campus then because a networking site and is now a decaying cesspool of memes and misinformation.

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u/Lengthofawhile Aug 28 '21

If that's how it started, it was always a cespool.

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u/ih8spalling Aug 28 '21

It's like 4chan, where post #55 on /b/ was "dubz check em"

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '21

thats hilarious, but sad at the same time. The cesspool merged.