The effectiveness of Ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19 is currently unknown because broad-based double-blind studies have not been conducted.

“so i think the fairest thing to say about iverbecten is we don't know what it is and so neither the people that propose to use it as a solution for for covid nor the people that rail against it aren't really starting from the basis of fact”

Rolling Stone's coverage of Ivermectin in Oklahoma relied on a single unverified source and failed to perform basic fact-checking.

“i mean look this is really a media story you had rolling stone publish this article based on a single source you have this one crank basically saying that emergency rooms are turning away gunshot victims and people having heart attacks okay and all they had to do all rolling stone had to do was call”