The FDA warned against cooking chicken in NyQuil, as seen on TikTok. But is this a trend or just one cursed video?
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Turns out that the Tik Tok Challenge of the NyQuil Chicken is tied to a 4chan rant.
This is not the first time that a questionable Tik Tok trend has been exposed for being played for political gain.
The platform’s algorithm promotes videos of people drinking cocktails of the drug, which is perhaps best known as a horse and dog deworming treatment
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In the past year there was the Ivermectin challenge which was originally reported to be trending on Tik Tok until it was revealed that it was politicians were hyping up Ivermectin for the 2022 elections as part of their conspiracy theories against COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The issue isn't Tik Tok only but how politicians would put up questionable trends on Social Media and the direct effect on Public Safety that came into play here.
Earlier this month the FDA warned against using the horse dewormer, writing, "You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y'all. Stop it."
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Ivermectin is a drug typically used to treat parasitic infections in livestock. US health agencies have warned against using it for COVID-19.
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