Originally Posted by
dr dre
The current Oxford trial has not produced any results, preliminary or final, so no idea if Ivermectin looks "promising".
Last study showing Ivermectin was useful was withdrawn due to basically being fraudulent.
Most of the "cures" are only treatments looking at mild to moderate Covid disease, not any that are really stopping severe disease. People trying to use Ivermectin to treat severe disease as an alternative to being vaccinated generally have the same outcome.
The confusing thing is a lot of these "miracle" treatments these conspiracy theorists tout share similar traits to the vaccines that those same people hate. They were approved under Emergency Use Authorization, they are manufactured by "big pharma", they were developed and trialed in a short period of time, they have significant side effects, some use mRNA technology.
I've been reading these threads for some time. This is just pure misinformation. The whole point of treatments such as Ivermectin is that they are administered at the beginning of one's covid infection, to PREVENT severe covid from developing. Posting a single discredited study out of dozens that demonstrate significant efficacy does not build a case against said treatment.
For those posters asserting that Ivermectin is a drug designed for animals - again, completely false. This is a HUMAN anti-parisitic drug that's been safely used for decades over billions of doses.
People are entitled to ask questions without being howled down by posters regurgitating complete and utter media-driven falsehoods. If a vaccine can be developed in 6 months, then it is reasonable to examine the available data that demonstrates promising signs that certain treatments are worthy of further exploration.
Leaky vaccines that neither demonstrably stop one from contracting covid nor spreading it are not the silver bullet to halt this virus.