The FDA Deleted Its Viral Ivermectin Tweets. Now There’s Even More Misinformation.

While the deleted posts put an end to a years-long legal battle, the decision is already fanning the flames of more misinformation.

A viral FDA tweet was removed as part of a legal settlement. Source: X

Good morning, it’s Fiona in New York. The US Food and Drug Administration has deleted one of its most viral social media posts. Will that decision come back to haunt the agency? More on that later.

In 2021, when Covid was raging, so was misinformation about a drug used to treat parasitic worms.