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Jimmy Kimmel Returns to Amplify Debunked Ivermectin Story, Attacks Alex Jones
AP forced to admit claims of poison control centers being overwhelmed with calls were not true.
Jimmy Kimmel returned to the airwaves last night to amplify the debunked claim that poison control centers are reporting huge ‘spikes’ in calls from people taking ivermectin, despite the Associated Press having to publish a retraction admitting that this is not true.
“People are still taking this ivermectin, you know the poison control centers have seen this spike in calls from people taking this livestock medicine to fight the coronavirus, but they won’t take the vaccine which is crazy,” said Kimmel.
The comedian went on to chide people taking the drug for distrusting pharmaceutical companies, noting that it is sold by Merck.
“It’s like if you’re a vegan and you’re like, ‘No, I don’t want a hamburger. Give me that can of Alpo instead,” joked Kimmel.
“I leave you people alone for two months and you start taking horse worm medicine?” Kimmel said, adding “What a weird summer.”
The joke might have made sense if it wasn’t based on a manifestly provable piece of fake news.
As we highlighted earlier, the Associated Press was forced to retract its claim that 70 per cent of calls to the Mississippi Poison Control Center were about people ingesting ivermectin to treat COVID-19.
The actual figure was 2 per cent.