Episode 28 explores the rightwing phenomenon of idolizing and hero-worshipping violent narcissists and the recent recharging of pseudoscientific claims from the anti-vax and IDW crowd of an anti-parasitic drug called Ivermectin as an unproven COVID-19 treatment and prophylactic.

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‘Tucker Carlson Distorted My Reporting in His Latest Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theory’ by Trevor Aaronson: https://theintercept.com/2021/06/22/tucker-carlson-january-6-fbi-conspiracy/

Ivermectin to be investigated in adults aged 18+ as possible treatment for COVID-19 in the PRINCIPLE trial https://www.principletrial.org/news/ivermectin-to-be-investigated-as-a-possible-treatment-for-covid-19-in-oxford2019s-principle-trial

Scientists May Be Using The Wrong Cells to Study COVID-19 https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-may-be-using-the-wrong-cells-to-study-covid-19/

Why Is the Intellectual Dark Web Suddenly Hyping an Unproven COVID Treatment? https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5z5y/why-is-the-intellectual-dark-web-suddenly-hyping-an-unproven-covid-treatment

Ivermectin and COVID-19: How a cheap antiparasitic became political https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/features/ivermectin-covid-19-antiparasitic-political/

The Ivermectin Advocates’ War Has Just Begun https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3d5gv/ivermectin-covid-treatment-advocates-rogan-weinstein-hecker