The Ivermectin debacle and the treatment of COVID-19
By: Natasha Archary A few days ago, customs officials at OR Tambo International Airport seized hundreds of thousands of tablets of a drug that started trending virally as the “cure” for COVID-19. Ivermectin was a revolutionary drug in the 1980s for its antiparasitic agents predominantly in veterinary treatment. Towards the end of 2020, social media was abuzz with claims from COVID positive patients that use of Ivermectin had […]