developments and let's begin on this Friday with a look at
today's big number. Did you know the world has five
oceans now? National geographic announcing this week
that in addition to the atlantic, pacific, Indian, and arctic
oceans, all listed when they started making maps back in
1915, they're now recognizing a fifth, fifth ocean,
the southern ocean. Scientists
agree the number should officially be updated for the
general public. So now you need-- now you know that.
Back to geography. Exactly. All right. Jen is with us
here. So we got a lot of headlines about some possible
medications that work as treatments for covid- 19. And
several are controversial. Including one that generated
actually generated a comment from the fda. That's right.
And so let's take a look at this drug. It
is called ivermectin. First of all, it
is growing in terms of rumors circulating on social media
about its use in in India.
That is not based in reality or fact. It is fda approved
in the united States for treatments of intestinal parasites, so
things like round worms in humans. It is also used
regularly in animals and veterinary medicine to prevent
parasites, things like heart worm. It is not, I want to
emphasize, it is not an anti- viral. So its use in
unindicated situations both in humans or in animals is
dangerous and not advised. All right. And in some
noncovid- 19 news, it is summer time. It is tick season.
What should people know about tick born illnesses? That
infectious disease experts will say the most dangerous
animal in the world is the mosquito. Again, the relative
ticks. We have to have our radar up about this. Ticks carry
Lyme disease. You want
to prevent it in a number of ways. Most of all, wearing light
clothing to you can actually see the ticks. Most of the deer
ticks are the size of a poppyseed. They need in general
about 24 hours to transmit infection. If you pull a
tick off, you do no need to have that tick tested. If
you get fever, aches, rash, you want to see your doctor and
get treatment. Prevention is key. I never found a tick. You
never got fever. Exactly. I was in North Carolina. So, yeah,
it was a good thing you catch it early. Then you're okay.
Can you recover fully. 100 %. Thank you. We're going to
turn to ABC's