Snopes.com - Ivermectin's Nobel Prize, a soldier in the clouds, those rumors about a dress code for women in Texas, and an ivermectin sterility study

​ WEDNESDAY EDITION Snopes Debunker 8 September 2021 Tonight: Ivermectin's Nobel Prize, a soldier in the clouds, those rumors about a dress code for women in Texas, and an ivermectin sterility study ​ Did Ivermectin Win a Nobel Prize? In September 2021, as people continued to seek out alternative treatments to COVID-19 despite there being free, safe, effective and readily available vaccines against the disease, many turned to ivermectin, a drug that is frequently used to de-worm horses and fight parasitic roundworm infections in humans. Some social media users pushed back on the claim that ivermectin was a “horse de-worming” drug, and claimed that ivermectin had won the Nobel Prize in 2015 after it was found to be effective in humans. Dan Evon reports. Read More URGENT: Save Our Snopes Dear Debunker readers, Four years ago, we launched a GoFundMe campaign to fight off legal threats, SLAPP lawsuits, and a takeover attempt by hostile shareholders. Many of you stood up and helped, and we cannot tell you how much we appreciate it. We thought we’d have good news to share with you by now, but that is unfortunately not the case. Although every major court ruling has been in our favor so far, the point of these lawsuits has been — always — to bleed Snopes dry. Now, on the verge of trial, the years of constant legal battles have your favorite fact-checkers in need of rescue. That’s why we’re launching one more campaign to Save Our Snopes. Will you help us? Contribute Fact Checks and Original Reporting Pic of Soldier Kneeling in the Clouds Dates to 2017 A years-old instance of pareidolia found new meaning in August 2021. Read Story. Did Texas Enact a Dress Code for Women? A routine review of content labeled satire. Read Story. Does Ivermectin Cause Sterility in Men? One study purportedly found that 85% of men who were given the anti-parasitic were sterile following the research period. Read Story. View Latest Fact Checks Entertainment Rumors, legends, and lore about Hollywood, the entertainment industry, and its many stars. Read More News Britney Spears’ Father Files to End Court Conservatorship James Spears filed his petition to terminate the conservatorship in Los Angeles Superior Court. Read More Statue of Confederate Robert E. Lee Taken Down in Virginia Crews using a crane and other heavy equipment hoisted an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee off the giant pedestal where it has towered over Virginia’s capital city for more than a century. Read More RFK Wife Ethel Kennedy Says Assassin Shouldn’t Be Released In a brief statement released on Twitter by her daughter, lawyer and activist Kerry Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy said bluntly: “He should not be paroled.” Read More

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