In a surprising move, the FDA has settled a lawsuit surrounding ivermectin, and has agreed to remove posts telling people not to take ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19.

Besides the important precedent this sets for future FDA communications, this also tells us that the FDA would rather concede and settle this lawsuit than allow the case to go to discovery and have to turn over large numbers of internal documents, which could damage the reputation of the FDA and its senior management.

We’re diving into the structure of modern propaganda machines and why false narratives become so entrenched and amplified across many institutions, beginning with the specific example of the FDA communications regarding ivermectin.