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> I guess for some strange reason the 2015 Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to Satoshi Omera for... Sheep Dip? Considering Omura recieved that award for res

> I guess for some strange reason the 2015 Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to Satoshi Omera for... Sheep Dip? Considering Omura recieved that award for research into infections caused by roundworm parasites, I don't know if that's strictly relevant in discussing it as a treatment for SARS-cov2. "Ivermectin was later tested in humans with parasitic infections and effectively killed parasite larvae (microfilaria)" https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2015/press-release/ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2015/press-releas...

cheaprentalyeti 5y ago
It's at least relevant because it has a history of being used in large volumes with humans without killing them. It's more than just "Sheep dip" which is the propaganda talking point.
- King-Aaron 5y ago
  The fact that you keep using the word 'propaganda' when referencing warning people against using a non-approved veterinarian product with known severe side effects in humans says a lot about your position on the subject. As it stands there is no strong evidence that supports Ivermectin as an effective treatment for covid-19 (The big Elgazzar study was withdrawn due to it being mainly faked, and the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases found it to not be a viable treatment) and many people have been hospitalised due to self medicating with the stuff.
  - kranke155 5y ago
    Veterinarian product ? You must be joking? There’s a human and an animal formulation for ivermectin. Its use is widespread in many countries including places in Africa where it’s cured river blindness since that’s caused by a parasite. You seem woefully misinformed yourself if you think ivermectin is a vet Product. It’s human medicine, in use for decades.
    - cheaprentalyeti 5y ago
      Well, it's a vet product, just like Azithromycin used in animals as well as humans, and prescribed to me in the past and furosemide, used in horses as well as people, and which I am currently prescribed... The propaganda point is where you use the fact that it's used in horses to ignore that it's also prescribed to humans on a large scale.
      - kranke155 5y ago
        Pretty much.

cheaprentalyeti 5y ago

It's at least relevant because it has a history of being used in large volumes with humans without killing them. It's more than just "Sheep dip" which is the propaganda talking point.

King-Aaron 5y ago
The fact that you keep using the word 'propaganda' when referencing warning people against using a non-approved veterinarian product with known severe side effects in humans says a lot about your position on the subject. As it stands there is no strong evidence that supports Ivermectin as an effective treatment for covid-19 (The big Elgazzar study was withdrawn due to it being mainly faked, and the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases found it to not be a viable treatment) and many people have been hospitalised due to self medicating with the stuff.
- kranke155 5y ago
  Veterinarian product ? You must be joking? There’s a human and an animal formulation for ivermectin. Its use is widespread in many countries including places in Africa where it’s cured river blindness since that’s caused by a parasite. You seem woefully misinformed yourself if you think ivermectin is a vet Product. It’s human medicine, in use for decades.
  - cheaprentalyeti 5y ago
    Well, it's a vet product, just like Azithromycin used in animals as well as humans, and prescribed to me in the past and furosemide, used in horses as well as people, and which I am currently prescribed... The propaganda point is where you use the fact that it's used in horses to ignore that it's also prescribed to humans on a large scale.
    - kranke155 5y ago
      Pretty much.