Anti-vaxxers are buying stores out of wormwood, which they believe is the next miracle Covid cure [View all]

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Anti-vaxxers have begun promoting wormwood to cure COVID-19. The latest so-called cure follows in the footsteps of hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, urine, and weight-loss pills.

It seems anti-vaxxers will take anything except the actual COVID vaccines.

Wormwood is the common name of a plant in the Artemisia genus. Best known as a flavoring agent for liquors such as absinthe and vermouth, wormwood has also been used in traditional medicine, often as a de-wormer. Hence, the name. Today artemisinin, a derivative of the plant, is used in a combination of other therapies to treat malaria, which is also a parasite.

There are numerous other claims about conditions that wormwood supposedly treats or cures. There is little to no evidence that it works for these purposes.

The World Health Organization has specifically said there's no evidence that wormwood and/or artemisinin are effective treatments for COVID, BBC News reports.

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I'm gonna start promoting hemlock or belladonna as the real cure. Fact: Once you're dead, you'll never get Covid!