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You know we’ve become accustomed to the ridiculous cures and treatments the anti maskers and vaxxers will do to avoid wearing a mask or getting a vaccine. But I must admit the latest crazy one really surprised me. Taking the horse dewormer Ivermectin takes the cake. And then be surprised when you get sick or like one lady, sh*t her pants in the grocery store. She then asked the FB group if this was supposed to happen. WTF did you expect? It’s a dewormer, have you never dewormed a puppy? Sometimes you just gotta laugh and let the Darwin effect do it’s job.

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Facebook and Twitter should "take immediate steps" against vaccine misinformation as efforts are underway to vaccinate Americans against COVID-19, 12 state attorneys general said in a letter to the two companies.

The officials urged Facebook and Twitter to "identify and enforce" their terms of service to reduce misleading information about vaccines, CBS News reported.

"A small group of individuals use your platforms to downplay the dangers of COVID-19 and spread misinformation about the safety of vaccines," the attorneys general wrote. "These individuals lack medical expertise and are often motivated by financial interests."

The attorneys general of Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Virginia signed the letter, CBS News reported.

"Anti-vaxxer" accounts on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter reach more than 59 million followers, the group said, citing a recent report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate. The attorneys general added that anti-vaccine social media accounts target individuals of color and Black communities in particular, who have been hit harder by the virus and whose vaccination rates lag behind other groups, CBS News reported.

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