I can’t remember any time when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had to resort to the faux-folksy mode of expression to try to get its point across. We live in strange times.

The FDA was responding, of course, to the precipitous increase in using ivermectin this past summer by people attempting to treat or prevent COVID-19.

Physicians are prescribing ivermectin off-label for patients, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the number of prescriptions filled for the drug went from an average of 3600 per week before the pandemic to 88,000 the week of Aug. 7 alone.

That’s an increase of more than 2300%!

Many people are dosing themselves with veterinary preparations intended for large farm animals.

These products are generally available over the counter without a prescription.

Many feed stores have resorted to locking up or rationing their supplies, with some demanding that customers produce a picture of themselves with a large farm animal to prove a legitimate need for the product.

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