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> People take ivermectin instead of vaccinating or complying with NPIs Doing one thing but not another doesn't imply you're doing one thing instead of another.
by rory 5y ago
> People take ivermectin instead of vaccinating or complying with NPIs
Doing one thing but not another doesn't imply you're doing one thing instead of another.
Do you truly believe the people ODing on ivermectin would be lining up for vaccinations if it didn't exist?
- myrmidon 5y agoLining up? Not necessarily. But it seems almost certain to me that at least some people feel safe thanks to taking ivermectin (while distrusting mainstream vaccines), and those people would turn eventually to the vaccines if those were the only perceived path towards C19 safety.
- rory 5y agoPerhaps on the margin some would, but I suspect most would fall into the "natural immunity" camp. So in my mind, we need to weigh the damage done by blocking safe ivermectin use for some number of people to the damage done by a much-smaller number of people remaining unvaccinated when they otherwise would get the jab. Seems like it could go either way depending on your specific assumptions.
- threecheese 5y agoOne doesn't imply the other, but it is certainly happening. People are using (being led to use) ivermectin as a prophylactic against covid, an alternative to the vaccine.
- tptacek 5y agoI don't know what this is supposed to mean, but a close family member took ivermectin instead of being vaccinated, and caught a serious case.
- rory 5y agoIt's pretty simple: had ivermectin not existed, would that person have gotten vaccinated?