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Did you read the article? One of the main points was that it's not dumbassery. You have multiple studies saying a drug works, being contradicted by experts that

Did you read the article? One of the main points was that it's not dumbassery. You have multiple studies saying a drug works, being contradicted by experts that have been wrong multiple time this year and have a vested interest in what they're claiming. This is the opposite of dumb. It turned out not to be true, but such is life - not all the correct choices are also true in the end. It's also counterproductive in so many ways to call this dumb. And it's making yourself a huge disfavor by believing that everything you see online but disagree with is automatically misinformation.

EdwardDiego 5y ago
People seeking out medication because they think it's a prophylactic for Covid-19 is not what any of those studies covered.
- radu_floricica 5y ago
  The irony of the situation is that it _is_ a mild-to-moderate prophylactic for severe Covid. In countries where parasites are endemic it's a significant difference to enter covid with parasites, or having gotten rid of them previously with a course of Ivermectin. Comment section is pretty Western-centric in behaving as if the article proves Ivermectin doesn't work. The fact that we know (or are pretty sure we know) what the mechanism of action is doesn't make it "not work", it just makes it another tool in the box.
  - EdwardDiego 5y ago
    It's already a known cure for worms, it's what it's usually prescribed for. And reducing parasite load helps the immune system. What it isn't, is a drug that objectively protects against Covid. Yet we have American media claiming it as such, and people selling clothing to the British with the slogan "Ivermectin. Safe. Lo-cost[sic]. Beats Covid." Many other things also help the immune system. Adequate sleep. Balanced diet. Less stress. But I don't see any news pundits obsessing about why doctors aren't prescribing celery.
EdwardDiego 5y ago
Incidentally, you're right about my throwing labels around not exactly helping things - I'd edit my comment to change it if I was still within the edit window.

EdwardDiego 5y ago

People seeking out medication because they think it's a prophylactic for Covid-19 is not what any of those studies covered.

radu_floricica 5y ago
The irony of the situation is that it _is_ a mild-to-moderate prophylactic for severe Covid. In countries where parasites are endemic it's a significant difference to enter covid with parasites, or having gotten rid of them previously with a course of Ivermectin. Comment section is pretty Western-centric in behaving as if the article proves Ivermectin doesn't work. The fact that we know (or are pretty sure we know) what the mechanism of action is doesn't make it "not work", it just makes it another tool in the box.
- EdwardDiego 5y ago
  It's already a known cure for worms, it's what it's usually prescribed for. And reducing parasite load helps the immune system. What it isn't, is a drug that objectively protects against Covid. Yet we have American media claiming it as such, and people selling clothing to the British with the slogan "Ivermectin. Safe. Lo-cost[sic]. Beats Covid." Many other things also help the immune system. Adequate sleep. Balanced diet. Less stress. But I don't see any news pundits obsessing about why doctors aren't prescribing celery.

EdwardDiego 5y ago

Incidentally, you're right about my throwing labels around not exactly helping things - I'd edit my comment to change it if I was still within the edit window.