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So, I don't know that this is political, but this is something that is so utterly, completely, beyond my life experience that it baffles me: People who still believe stuff they read on Facebook.
It came up this morning because apparently people are now eating their dogs' heartworm pills because someone posted that it prevents/treats coronavirus, and the FDA had to make a formal announcement asking people to please stop.
And it took me under 30 seconds to Google that, find the official FDA site, and link the guidance.
But honestly. Anyone with internet access anywhere in the world should have heard by now that Facebook spreads lies like mosquitoes in Minnesota in the Spring. So, your Facebook friend sends you an official-looking article saying that heartworm medicine has been proven to treat or prevent coronavirus.
And you don't double-check?
I... just... don't... get it.
Shiro sends me stuff. I've known Shiro for over a decade now. I still fact-check what he sends me if it sounds fishy.
Because the internet is full of lies.
And the idea of just accepting everything everyone tells you at face value and acting on it to the point of eating heartworm medication?
Just beyond my comprehension.
Facebook spreads mosquitoes? Oh, no.