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Re:How my ivermectin research led to Twitter death threats by _prototype_ on Friday October 15, 2021 @11:55AM (#28879156)
Shouldn't more treatment options be a good thing? I can never understand this logic.
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Re:How my ivermectin research led to Twitter death threats by SideburnsOfDoom on Friday October 15, 2021 @12:01PM (#28879243)
> Shouldn't more treatment options be a good thing?

If they work - if they are safe and effective for the given disease, then yes.

If.

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Re:How my ivermectin research led to Twitter death threats by readflaggedcomm on Friday October 15, 2021 @01:49PM (#28880717)
Science hasn't established them as actual treatment options. The ivmmeta.com study shows that one horse oil pill doesn't always improve the prognosis.
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Re:How my ivermectin research led to Twitter death threats by bananabreakfast on Friday October 15, 2021 @12:12PM (#28879384)
No.

Here, eat this rock. That's be $500. Look at that, another treatment option.

Critical thinking is important in medicine. You can't just trust any yahoo with medical advice.

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Re:How my ivermectin research led to Twitter death threats by muthdra on Friday October 15, 2021 @12:03PM (#28879277)
It's not a treatment option, that's the problem; it's being presented as if it was.
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Re:How my ivermectin research led to Twitter death threats by tigershark on Friday October 15, 2021 @03:01PM (#28881686)
Enjoy your horse paste if you think that is more effective than a vaccine that has been administered 6.5 Billion times and it has a proven very high efficacy.
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