Parallels between Ivermectin and illicit tobacco trade
(WorldNews Africa)

Ivermectin, a Nobel Prize-winning discovery, has turned into a black market drug as dealers try to supply a growing demand. Japanese microbiologist Satoshi Omura made the discovery in 1975 and with William Campbell jointly won the 2015 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine for the antiparasitic. The drug is used to treat parasites in animals and in recent weeks was touted as a possible Covid-19 treatment as early administration has shown that it reduces the viral loads however, experts have remained cautious. But now as health professionals, lobby groups and personal testimonials flood social media endorsing its use against Covid-19 and demand has spiked in full violation of its legal...