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> First, it's very strange that an antiparasitic like ivermectin has become known among mainstream laypersons.

I don’t find it any more strange that that Remdesivir or mRNA vaccines or even “Coronavirus” is known among the general population. COVID-19 had a huge effect on people and anything related to its treatment or prevention(regardless of the evidence) will have a lot of people know about it.

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I meant that it's odd from the perspective of how unlikely this conversation, about ivermectin (or any of the things you listed), would've been even just two years ago.

EDIT: But, also somewhat odd how apparently disproportionately widespread the conversation about specifically ivermectin has become.

The weirdest one I read online is that Ivermectin might change human sexual behaviour. Since parasites can and do spread through anal sex. Speculated that the parasites can change behaviour of the human host, to engage in more anal sex. Similarly to the way its been observed in mice.

"However, the protozoan can only reproduce within the bodies of cats, and in mice, the mind-controlling parasite has evidently evolved to make mice unafraid of felines and even, according to some research, sexually attracted to the odor of cat urine"

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