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A fact from COVID kit appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 June 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Brazilian government advocated the use of COVID kits, which contained a drug used to treat head lice?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 17:13, 18 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

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... that the former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro advocated for the use of COVID kits during the COVID-19 pandemic, which contained a drug used to treat lice?

Source: https://www.medicina.ufmg.br/kit-covid-o-que-diz-a-ciencia/

- ALT1: ... that the Brazilian government advocated for the use of COVID kits, which contained a drug used to treat head lice? Source: https://www.medicina.ufmg.br/kit-covid-o-que-diz-a-ciencia/
- ALT2: ... that former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro advocated for the use of COVID kits that contained Ivermectin, a drug used to treat head lice? Source: https://www.medicina.ufmg.br/kit-covid-o-que-diz-a-ciencia/
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Moved to mainspace by Springtiiime (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Sophisticatedevening🍷^(talk) 02:42, 7 June 2025 (UTC).Reply

The article does not mention (by name) roundworms. As such, their prominence in all three hooks is a tad confusing. Further, as far as I am aware, there is no distinct "head roundworm" (as described in ALT1 and ALT2). If this is a machine translation issue, I may have to suggest this article requires a more thorough review by a Portuguese speaker. ~ Pbritti (talk) 17:04, 7 June 2025 (UTC)Reply
- @Pbritti:I did use machine translation as well (I don't speak Portuguese, so it might be an error. I'll remove the mention of roundworms in them. Sophisticatedevening🍷^(talk) 17:08, 7 June 2025 (UTC)Reply
  - @Sophisticatedevening: Thanks for the heads up. Thanks for bringing this article over to EnWiki, even in the face of the language barrier! I'll plod through what Portuguese I can make out to verify everything fulfills to AGF approval criterial. Worst case scenario, I know an Esperanto speaker... ~ Pbritti (talk) 17:14, 7 June 2025 (UTC)Reply
    - Thanks, although for credit User:Springtiiime did submit this great article to AfC and I just reviewed it. Sophisticatedevening🍷^(talk) 17:17, 7 June 2025 (UTC)Reply
      - @Pbritti:@Sophisticatedevening: Hello! I'm the person responsible for this article. Personally, I would make it generic. I'd remove the head lice mention and just say the recommended medication is a dewormer. That's usually what I hear people call it in Brazil. I also think it's important to mention that the medications have been proven to not be effective treatments for COVID-19, maybe even just say that and not mention that it includes a dewormer at all if you guys feel iffy about it. Let me know if you have any more questions! Springtiiime^(talk) 19:02, 7 June 2025 (UTC)Reply
Having looked at this a bit more, I think we're meeting the sourcing, length, and copyright standards here. The hooks, as presented now, are good to go. If "dewormer" is a common term in Brazil, I'd encourage its insertion into the article. However, I like the concision and and clarity of the hooks as they stand. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:50, 8 June 2025 (UTC)Reply