Watch CNN's Erin Burnett call out Facebook for its role in spreading deadly COVID-19 misinformation
Burnett: “Media Matters [for] America, a liberal watchdog group, found 60 Facebook groups dedicated to ivermectin with tens of thousands of members”
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From the September 28, 2021, edition of CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront
ERIN BURNETT (HOST): Tonight, misinformation kills. New Mexico reporting that at least two deaths have been tied to ivermectin — a drug commonly used to treat worms in livestock as a treatment for COVID. This comes as Media Matters [for] America, a liberal watchdog group, found 60 Facebook groups dedicated to ivermectin with tens of thousands of members; 25 groups have already been reportedly shut down for messages like this one: “Ivermectin is clearly the answer to solve COVID and the world is waking up to this truth." The surgeon general, among others, have warned while ivermectin can be prescribed for humans as an anti-bacterial dewormer, it is not a cure for COVID.