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It's not a botnet. Am a long-time hacker news reader who thinks ivermectin is a better covid cure based on science than what Pfizer is rushing to produce (Pfiz

by bbb2019 5y ago

It's not a botnet. Am a long-time hacker news reader who thinks ivermectin is a better covid cure based on science than what Pfizer is rushing to produce (Pfizer's drug hasn't even finished Phase 1 FDA trials, Ivermectin is FDA approved with ~40 years safety data). I use multiple machines and didn't remember the password for this account so created a new one. My interest is not in spamming, but having a genuine discussion, why ivermectin isn't more widely used. There are multiple prominent doctors who believe it could end the covid pandemic. Why get so excited about new medications when generics are cheaper, and have better safety data. Other treatments have good data like Fluvoxamine, here's a good article from Steve Kirsh: https://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-cure-for-COVID-19/answer/Steve-Kirsch https://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-cure-for-COVID-19/answer/... Am interested in a genuine discussion of facts. There's a lot of censorship around Ivermectin. Youtube specifically says it can delete videos mentioning ivermectin as a treatment for covid. Since when is science advanced through censorship instead of debate?

mewse 5y ago
> Since when is science advanced through censorship instead of debate? Science is never advanced through debate; it's advanced through research. Research which gets repeated by different teams, in different places, in different circumstances, and conducted in different ways, while still producing the same results. Random people on internet discussion boards who want to advance science via a "debate" is how misinformation is advanced.
- herenow2021 5y ago
  Ok, perhaps debate is wrong term. The parent article presents scientific research for an experimental covid cure in phase 1 trials. Currently there is much more scientific research supporting ivermectin as a covid cure. 52 trials, with different teams (426 scientists), in different places (worldwide), in different circumstances conducting research on FDA approved ivermectin that produce the consistent results that ivermectin is a beneficial covid treatment (https://c19ivermectin.com/ https://c19ivermectin.com/).

mewse 5y ago

> Since when is science advanced through censorship instead of debate? Science is never advanced through debate; it's advanced through research. Research which gets repeated by different teams, in different places, in different circumstances, and conducted in different ways, while still producing the same results. Random people on internet discussion boards who want to advance science via a "debate" is how misinformation is advanced.

herenow2021 5y ago
Ok, perhaps debate is wrong term. The parent article presents scientific research for an experimental covid cure in phase 1 trials. Currently there is much more scientific research supporting ivermectin as a covid cure. 52 trials, with different teams (426 scientists), in different places (worldwide), in different circumstances conducting research on FDA approved ivermectin that produce the consistent results that ivermectin is a beneficial covid treatment (https://c19ivermectin.com/ https://c19ivermectin.com/).