8月21日，美國(guó)食品藥品監(jiān)督管理局在社交媒體發(fā)文稱，“你不是馬，你也不是牛，說真的，你們應(yīng)該停止（服用伊維菌素）”。

“You are not a horse. You are not a cow,” the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tweeted on Saturday alongside a link to a page on their website explaining “Why you should not use Ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19.”
美國(guó)食品藥品監(jiān)督管理局（FDA）8月21日發(fā)布了一條推特“你不是馬，也不是?！?，并附上其官網(wǎng)鏈接解釋“為什么不能用伊維菌素來治療或預(yù)防新冠”。

日前，美國(guó)密西西比州新冠確診病例激增，但不少民眾卻將獸用抗寄生蟲藥物伊維菌素當(dāng)作“新冠神藥”使用，已導(dǎo)致一人因此中毒后住院治療。

According to an alert issued by the Mississippi Department of Health on Friday, 70 percent of all recent calls to poison control in the state “have been related to ingestion of livestock or animal formulations of ivermectin purchased at livestock supply centers.” Although most callers (85 percent) only reported mild symptoms, one person was advised to seek additional treatment.
根據(jù)密西西比州衛(wèi)生部8月20日發(fā)布的警告，最近該州中毒控制中心接到的求助電話中有70%與服用了在家畜補(bǔ)給中心購(gòu)買的家畜或動(dòng)物用伊維菌素有關(guān)。不過，大多數(shù)來電者（85%）只出現(xiàn)輕微癥狀，一人被建議接受治療。

“Animal drugs are highly concentrated for large animals and can be highly toxic in humans,” the alert said. Ivermectin is sometimes used in humans to treat parasites or scabies, but in much smaller doses than are given to livestock.
該州衛(wèi)生部提醒：“針對(duì)大型動(dòng)物的獸藥濃度很高，對(duì)人體的毒性也很大。”有時(shí)人們也用伊維菌素治療寄生蟲或疥瘡，但劑量比牲畜用的少得多。

據(jù)《華盛頓郵報(bào)》8月21日?qǐng)?bào)道，密西西比州的疫苗接種率僅為36%，在全美排名倒數(shù)第二。雖然該州居民對(duì)新冠疫苗不太感冒，但對(duì)獸藥伊維菌素異常青睞，認(rèn)為該藥有治療或預(yù)防新冠的效果。

The calls have clearly baffled health officials in the state. “I think some people are trying to use it as a preventative which is really kind of crazy,” Dr. Thomas Dobbs, Mississippi’s state health officer, said. “So please don’t do that.”
顯然，這些電話讓該州的衛(wèi)生官員感到困惑。密西西比州衛(wèi)生部官員托馬斯·多布斯博士稱：“我認(rèn)為有些人正試圖將其作為一種預(yù)防措施，這真的有點(diǎn)瘋狂。所以請(qǐng)不要這樣做?！?/p>

“You wouldn’t get your chemotherapy at a feed store,” Dobbs added. “You wouldn’t treat your pneumonia with your animal’s medication. It can be dangerous to get the wrong doses of medication, especially with something meant for a horse or a cow.”
“你不會(huì)在飼料商店接受化療，你不會(huì)用獸藥治療肺炎。用藥劑量錯(cuò)誤可能很危險(xiǎn)，尤其是服用給馬、牛用的藥物?！?/p>

公開資料顯示，伊維菌素是一種廣譜抗寄生蟲藥，有廣泛用于牛、羊、馬、豬的胃腸道線蟲、肺線蟲和寄生節(jié)肢動(dòng)物，犬的腸道線蟲，耳螨、疥螨、心絲蟲和微絲蚴，以及家禽胃腸線蟲和體外寄生蟲。

據(jù)《華盛頓郵報(bào)》報(bào)道，F(xiàn)DA、世界衛(wèi)生組織早已先后發(fā)文警告人們不要使用伊維菌素治療新冠。伊維菌素的制造商默克公司也明確表示，不支持該藥物用于治療新冠病毒的安全性和有效性。

Ivermectin’s efficacy in treating or preventing COVID-19 is everything but proven. Both the FDA and World Health Organization have warned against it.
伊維菌素治療和預(yù)防新冠肺炎的有效性是未經(jīng)證實(shí)的。FDA和世界衛(wèi)生組織都對(duì)此提出了警告。

不過，即便多家權(quán)威機(jī)構(gòu)反復(fù)澄清伊維菌素的療效，依舊沒有擋住部分美國(guó)民眾對(duì)這款藥物的“熱情”。此前，一些保守派人士在不斷鼓吹伊維菌素的所謂“療效”。

今年3月至8月，?？怂剐侣劸W(wǎng)主持人塔克·卡爾森、肖恩·漢尼提和勞拉·英格拉姆在黃金時(shí)段的節(jié)目中向數(shù)百萬(wàn)觀眾推廣伊維菌素作為治療新冠的替代方法。三位主持人均系保守派政治評(píng)論員。

來源：觀察者網(wǎng)，《華盛頓郵報(bào)》，Rolling Stone
編輯：董靜