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Collected Item: “Trust the Science”

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Trust the Science

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Instagram post

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This is an Instagram post by memefrog9000. This is another meme where it depicts a soy wojak (the wojak on the left) and the Chad wojak (the wojak on the right with the blond hair). This meme is making fun of people like the soy wojak that "trust the science", only later to get the virus despite getting vaccinated. The Chad wojak then suggests the soy wojak use some "horse paste" to help. "Horse paste" refers to Ivermectin, which is used to treat horses. There has been controversy if Ivermectin does treat COVID, or other things in humans for that matter, but the FDA currently recommends against it.

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Ivermectin, Pfizer, vaccine, vaccine skepticism, conspiracy theory, FDA, wojak, meme, Chad wojak, soy wojak, political comic, horse paste, humor, ASU, HST580

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https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-should-not-use-ivermectin-treat-or-prevent-covid-19

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memefrog9000

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2022-04-04
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