Riley Gaines is best known for her anti-trans activism after she tied for fifth place at a college swim meet with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, and she has been trying to make a living off that for years.

But now she has started a new side hustle: selling Ivermectin – an anti-parasite medication often used to treat worm infestations in livestock that many rightwing conspiracy theorists believe is a miracle drug that the government wants to keep a secret – from an online pharmacy.

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“Fall is around the corner,” she said in a video she shot in her car. “You know what that means, the season where everyone seems to catch something is quickly approaching.”

“That’s why my family likes to stay stocked up and prepared, especially with trusted medication on hand,” she continued, bringing up Ivermectin and saying she likes to have it in her house “just in case.” She then discussed an online pharmacy selling the medication and shared an affiliate link.

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She was mocked brutally for selling the medication as if it could work for various sicknesses that go around each year, implying that it could cure colds and flus. There is no evidence to support that statement.