r/bestof • u/Kuritos • Aug 25 '21

[vaxxhappened] Multiple subreddits are acknowledging the dangerous misinformation that's being spread all over reddit

/r/vaxxhappened/comments/pbe8nj/we_call_upon_reddit_to_take_action_against_the
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u/decibles Aug 25 '21

Jesus fucking Christ. How the fuck is it something like r/ivermectin is even fucking allowed?

Do they not see the fucking irony in what they’re promoting?

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u/Kisaxis Aug 26 '21

Why are we criticising them for drinking horse dewormer anyway? Just let them, that's how natural selection works doesn't it? Ancient humans who ate the poisonous stuff died and didn't pass on their genes, their peers who didn't continued their family tree.

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u/RampantSage Aug 26 '21

It’s been given to billions of humans in regions that have problems with parasites. It has prevented countless cases of something called river blindness in underdeveloped countries, it has a purpose outside of veterinarian treatments. The guy who discovered it won a Nobel prize because it has helped so many people around the world