'Cannot get my head around this': Kenney expresses frustration at 'Ivermectin fans'

Alberta’s premier says he can’t understand why people would want to take a "horse dewormer" like Ivermectin - instead of a free and approved COVID-19 vaccine.

Alberta’s premier says he can’t understand why people would want to take a “horse dewormer” like Ivermectin - instead of a free and approved COVID-19 vaccine.

He made the comments during a live question-and-answer on Facebook Wednesday night.

“I gotta say this…I don’t know how people became partisans of a horse dewormer, but all the Ivermectin fans out there, I think there’s a very strong overlay between proponents of Ivermectin as a covid therapeutic and people who refuse to take the vaccine,” Kenney said.

“And I've just got to be blunt with you, I cannot get my head around this.”

Kenney was responding to a questioner who said it was “his way or the highway” on the drug - when other countries had been using a human version to treat coronavirus patients.

The premier pointed out that the drug is not approved by the Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons, Health Canada or the American Food and Drug Administration.

“There’s a couple of countries where it is being used, but a couple of countries have pulled back on its use because they've seen that it’s been ineffective, and in some cases can be dangerous,” Kenney said.