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1. There's no patent on Ivermectin. (Correct me if I got it wrong) 2. Merck has announced an agreement with US gov for 1.7 mln courses of anew antiviral treatme

1. There's no patent on Ivermectin. (Correct me if I got it wrong) 2. Merck has announced an agreement with US gov for 1.7 mln courses of anew antiviral treatment for $1.2 bln. Also they have no real argument against IM: > No scientific basis for a potential therapeutic effect against COVID-19 from pre-clinical studies; No meaningful evidence for clinical activity or clinical efficacy in patients with COVID-19 disease, and; A concerning lack of safety data in the majority of studies. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210609005142/en/Merck-Announces-Supply-Agreement-with-U.S.-Government-for-Molnupiravir-an-Investigational-Oral-Antiviral-Candidate-for-Treatment-of-Mild-to-Moderate-COVID-19 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210609005142/en/Mer... https://mobile.twitter.com/BretWeinstein/status/1402647948371005441 https://mobile.twitter.com/BretWeinstein/status/140264794837...

tsimionescu 5y ago
> Also they have no real argument against IM: > > No scientific basis for a potential therapeutic effect against COVID-19 from pre-clinical studies; No meaningful evidence for clinical activity or clinical efficacy in patients with COVID-19 disease, and; A concerning lack of safety data in the majority of studies. If "no basis for a potential therapeutic effect" is not an argument against using it, then why suggest Ivermectin and not some other drug with no known connection to Covid-19? Why Ivermectin and not, I don't know, Escitalopram?
- ufo 5y ago
  The in vitro studies show that ivermectin might be effective against covid, if given at a super high dose, higher than what would be safe. In the topsy turvy world of ivermectin proponents, this is seen as a argument in favor of ivermectin