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		idanman on Nov 18, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New drug dispenser may turn human beings into weap... Great! Let's give a neurotoxin to people en mass so they don't get Zika. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivermectin

k_sze on Nov 18, 2016 [–]

From the same Wikipedia article:

"The wholesale cost in the developing world is about US$0.12 for a course of treatment. In the United States it costs $25–50."

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