IVERMECTIN- The grift that keeps on grifting

[LarrySR]

Greg Tucker-Kellogg, biology professor at the National University of Singapore addressing scientific disinformation on social media.

 

[mtls2005]

When people are frightened they often start to think irrationally.

 

And many seem willing to accept the advice of someone on Facebook, or Youtube, rather than their own doctor or scientific experts.

 

Most of the Ivermectineers here seemed very passionate, but I doubt very many actually administered Ivermectin, save for their pets or farm animals. And they are strangely silent now. 

 

 

[KhunLA]

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[EVENKEEL]

    

[Chomper Higgot]

Once the misinformation has been thoroughly debunked, those who previously swallowed it would rather the rest of us forget they did do.

 

 

[proton]

Kills worms, that's it ????

[xylophone]

Article from the New York Times and Medscape but for the numbnuts out there this still won't be enough, and their "confirmation bias" will take over:-

 

Largest Ivermectin Trial Fails to Show Benefit in COVID Outpatients.

 

Early use of ivermectin in COVID-19 patients at high-risk for severe disease failed to lower the risk of hospitalization or prolonged emergency department (ED) observation, a large randomized trial showed.

There were no significant differences in viral clearance at day 7 between groups, nor were there differences in risk of hospitalization for any cause, time to hospitalization, and number of days in the hospital. Rayner's group noted there was also no significant difference in time to clinical recovery, risk of death, or days with mechanical ventilation.

Anti-parasitic drug ivermectin, which has surged in popularity as an alternative treatment for Covid-19 despite a lack of strong research to back it up, showed no sign of alleviating the disease, according to results of a large clinical trial published Wednesday.

The study, which compared more than 1,300 people infected with the coronavirus in Brazil who received either ivermectin or a placebo, effectively ruled out the drug as a treatment for Covid-19, the study's authors said.

"There's really no sign of any benefit," said Dr. David Boulware, an infectious disease expert at the University of Minnesota.

 

DrJIM • 11 hours ago

Having actually read the "positive" trials cited in RFK Jr's book, and seeing how ridiculously flawed these trials were, it is not surprising that this trial and so many more show no benefit. It is equally non-surprising that so many non-critical thinkers will ignore evidence that conflicts with their belief system.

[Atlantis]

On 4/11/2022 at 12:14 PM, Chomper Higgot said:

Once the misinformation has been thoroughly debunked, those who previously swallowed it would rather the rest of us forget they did do.

 

 

Though others who gleefully peddled the notion that doctor-prescribed ivermectin, one of the most safest and widely-administered drugs in the world, is "horse dewormer" continues to believe in their own partisan hype.

[Chomper Higgot]

Just now, Atlantis said:

Though others who gleefully peddled the notion that doctor-prescribed ivermectin, one of the most safest and widely-administered drugs in the world, is "horse dewormer" continues to believe in their own partisan hype.

But, and I hate to break this to you, Ivermectin is a horse dewormer. 
 

A fact people who bought it from equestrian and farm supply outlets were well aware of.

[Atlantis]

I'll be kind enough to assume that posters on here know full well that many many drugs given to humans are also used as veterinary medicine.

When prescribed by licensed physicians - as in the cast in the vast vast majority of cases - there is no case at all for peddling the nonsense that it is a horse de-wormer. Especially when the debunked / retracted "news story" about the surge in Ivermectin overdose cases taking away hospital beds from gun shot victims has been widely reported as fake.

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13 minutes ago, Atlantis said:

Though others who gleefully peddled the notion that doctor-prescribed ivermectin, one of the most safest and widely-administered drugs in the world, is "horse dewormer" continues to believe in their own partisan hype.

Yes. It is utterly unfair the way some people describe Ivermectin as being a horse dewormer or some other kind of veterinary medicine. The scientist who discovered Ivermectin got his Nobel Prize for a reason. It has saved millions of human lives. That said it is utterly irrelevant to the question of whether Ivermectin is effective against covid-19. At best  clinical trials show that it is valueless against covid. And no amount of deflection about it being unfairly characterized can change that.

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5 minutes ago, Atlantis said:

I'll be kind enough to assume that posters on here know full well that many many drugs given to humans are also used as veterinary medicine.

Especially when the debunked / retracted "news story" about the surge in Ivermectin overdose cases taking away hospital beds from gun shot victims has been widely reported as fake.

More deflection.

[CharlieH]

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