The problem is people irrationally believe that a 'vaccine is unsafe' but at the same time 'some other drug is safe' and might therefore take the drug.
My father is kind of scared of the COVID vaccine - understandable.
But he gets his 'flu shot' (and a bunch of other things) by the doctor all the time.
He has zero problem running all the other tests, taking pills and taking the 'flu shot' which is literally a vaccine!
But he also reads stupid conspiracy theory stuff on Facebook and watches Fox News, and I believe to this day he has not been vaccinated.
That's how powerful misinformation can be.
My bet is that he'll probably take Ivermectin if he's heard about it on Facebook a bunch of times as being that 'safe drug that the government tried to hide'.
My father is not a dumb man, and neither are most of the people involved in this - but about 40% of the population can't effectively deal with information. They will take the drug depending whether Biden or Trump told them to take it.
My father is kind of scared of the COVID vaccine - understandable.
But he gets his 'flu shot' (and a bunch of other things) by the doctor all the time.
He has zero problem running all the other tests, taking pills and taking the 'flu shot' which is literally a vaccine!
But he also reads stupid conspiracy theory stuff on Facebook and watches Fox News, and I believe to this day he has not been vaccinated.
That's how powerful misinformation can be.
My bet is that he'll probably take Ivermectin if he's heard about it on Facebook a bunch of times as being that 'safe drug that the government tried to hide'.
My father is not a dumb man, and neither are most of the people involved in this - but about 40% of the population can't effectively deal with information. They will take the drug depending whether Biden or Trump told them to take it.