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Re:BPOM (Indonesian FDA) Approves Ivermectin as Covid-19 The... by yehosef on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:25AM (#27845109)
Exactly, why solve the problem with a cheap, tried-and-tested anti-viral when we can use expensive and experimental novel vaccines with no long term-term safety studies?
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Re:BPOM (Indonesian FDA) Approves Ivermectin as Covid-19 The... by incrudible on Thursday July 15, 2021 @11:09AM (#27845656)
This is a false dichotomy. Ivermectin doesn't solve the problem. Ivermectin is in widespread use, it didn't solve the problem anywhere. Maybe it's 50% effective, which would be a great result for a drug - it still wouldn't solve the problem.
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