Why are people turning to an anti-parasite drug to treat Covid-19?

This month the first Irish person was hospitalised after using the anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin to treat the symptoms of Covid-19. In the US, demand for the drug is soaring as more people turn their backs on the vaccine and look to alternative treatments. So what exactly is the drug, why has it become associated with the treatment of Covid-19 and what are the risks involved in taking it? Conor Pope speaks to virologist Dr Gerard Barry and to New York-based  journalist Nick Robins-Early. Produced by Declan Conlon, Jennifer Ryan and Suzanne BrennanOpening music by Hugh Rodgers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.