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Not exactly going to be the same thing. Merck is applying for EUA use of this medication for Covid-19, something that Ivermectin never had. In addition, furthe

Not exactly going to be the same thing. Merck is applying for EUA use of this medication for Covid-19, something that Ivermectin never had. In addition, further studies didn't show Ivermectin to be useful for Covid. The study that first looked at Ivermectin has been proven to be not useful. If another study came out opposing the Merck data, then we'd have to dig in as well to find out why, and see if either study was faulty, and if more studies are required or not. This is how science and medicine works. There is a large group of people that see disproving studies/claims to mean that some higher power is holding back the miracle cure. That's what happened with Ivermectin, Hydroxychloroquine, etc. This is not how science and medicine should be viewed.

gfodor 5y ago
My guess is that: - anti-vaxxers will eagerly take the pill, but believe that Merck covered up Ivermectin's efficacy to get this drug to market. the claim the vaccine's EUA was held up by lack of evidence of such pills will be memory holed - the pro-mandate authoritarians will swallow the pill (figuratively, pun intended) when the powers that be celebrate this as a success and it begins being widely deployed. in other words, we all win. the failure mode is if a divisive political figure takes a strong position on the pill being safe or not safe. fortunately I don't see this happening.
- yupper32 5y ago
  I don't think it's a win that a significant portion of the population will only take a medication if it's wrapped in a conspiracy theory.
  - gfodor 5y ago
    Well that ship already sailed. My point about the win is that the memetics of a safe, effective pill imply to me that it will actually be widely adopted by unvaccinated and will also calm a lot of people down who currently are having a bit of a mental crisis over the existence of said unvaccinated people. So we should be happy for several reasons of this news.

gfodor 5y ago

My guess is that: - anti-vaxxers will eagerly take the pill, but believe that Merck covered up Ivermectin's efficacy to get this drug to market. the claim the vaccine's EUA was held up by lack of evidence of such pills will be memory holed - the pro-mandate authoritarians will swallow the pill (figuratively, pun intended) when the powers that be celebrate this as a success and it begins being widely deployed. in other words, we all win. the failure mode is if a divisive political figure takes a strong position on the pill being safe or not safe. fortunately I don't see this happening.

yupper32 5y ago
I don't think it's a win that a significant portion of the population will only take a medication if it's wrapped in a conspiracy theory.
- gfodor 5y ago
  Well that ship already sailed. My point about the win is that the memetics of a safe, effective pill imply to me that it will actually be widely adopted by unvaccinated and will also calm a lot of people down who currently are having a bit of a mental crisis over the existence of said unvaccinated people. So we should be happy for several reasons of this news.