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Re:Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent Cov... by logicalmonster on Monday September 13, 2021 @08:52PM (#28518855)
* Short of using force, most people who are hesitant about the vaccines at this point are not going to rush to vaccinate anytime soon. A non-trivial portion of the population may never choose to get it. If there is some treatment that works, it basically starts to wind Covid down today.

* Do I know if Ivermectin is effective? No, that's why I'd like sick people to have the option to try, to both attempt and save their lives, as well as gather more data. It's an easy decision.

* There is evidence that leaky vaccines can drive mutations and cause worse problems. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/leaky-vac...

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Re:Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent Cov... by jleyank on Monday September 13, 2021 @09:21PM (#28519051)
If they won’t take a rapidly developed vaccine, why would they take a rapidly developed treatment? By the time things are “safely tested”, they’ll either be dead from COVID or recovered from it. Long COVID would suck, though.
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Re:Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent Cov... by logicalmonster on Monday September 13, 2021 @09:39PM (#28519165)
> If they won’t take a rapidly developed vaccine, why would they take a rapidly developed treatment?

* Ivermectin has long since been approved for human usage. It might not treat Covid very well (this is very much unproven) but a proper dose wouldn't kill you.

* People who are resisting the vaccines are famously seeking out the version of Ivermectin made for horses. Of course there's interest in trying this out.

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