Prescriptions for ivermectin up more than 70% since 2019

What they’re saying: “We’re doing an insurance claims analysis — providers are writing those prescriptions and pharmacists are filling them,” Tabby Khan, Komodo’s medical director, told Axios.

“It’s like: How deep does this disinformation go that it’s now impacting providers?”

By the numbers: The greatest increases were seen in Idaho, New Mexico, and Wyoming, where the prescriptions increased by 258%, 216%, and 204%, respectively.

The latest installment of the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index found the majority (65%) of respondents had either never heard of Ivermectin or said it was a dangerous or ineffective treatment for treating COVID in humans.