Claim: Despite a warning from Facebook  against pages spreading information that violates its community standards, partylist Reps. Michael "Mike" Defensor and Rodante Marcoleta have maintained that the antiparasitic drug ivermectin can be used against any variant of the coronavirus disease . The claim does not have sufficient scientific basis.
Fact-check: VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcoleta, Defensor insist on unproven claim that Ivermectin protects and treats COVID-19
Verdict: despite a warning from facebook  against pages spreading information that violates its community standards, partylist reps. michael "mike" defensor and rodante marcoleta have maintained that the antiparasitic drug ivermectin can be used against any variant of the coronavirus disease . the claim does not have sufficient scientific basis.
Organisation: VERA Files
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2021-08-16T16:50:00