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'Scaremongering at its worst': Pro-ivermectin ICU doctor hits back at colleague who says drug doesn't work for Covid
Herald Live ^ | 07/23/2021 | Paul Ash

Posted on 07/23/2021 10:17:39 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 07/23/2021 10:17:39 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Mrs. Don-o; tellw; Huskrrrr; Jane Long; Freedom'sWorthIt; Freedom56v2; BDParrish; Phx_RC; cba123; ..

Ping for your interest


2 posted on 07/23/2021 10:18:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

So let me ask a question of logic. There is quite clearly a lot of division in the ranks of medicine whether Ivermectin works of not. If it were a sure fire cure and worked well, wouldn’t every physician be using it? I know I would be.

Thus the point that for some to proffer that there is some conspiracy that ivermectin is being withheld intentionally means that every physician except a few vocal ones are in on the con job.

We are not — the reason there is divergence of opinion is because there is equivocal data.


3 posted on 07/23/2021 10:23:26 PM PDT by gas_dr (Conditions of Socratic debate: Intelligence, Candor, and Good Will. )
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To: gas_dr

i think the key point is that a number of possible therapeutics or combinations of older drugs have been proposed and some put into implementation in some countries, but no major western country has even done a broad survey or study, at all, on the main ones.

what i have seen is very small studies which in some cases seem to defy common sense or be designed to fail.

the ivermectin problem could have been conclusively examined with a very large sample size last year. the fact this has not been done with ivermectin, hcq/az/zinc, etc., should be extremely alarming to everyone paying attention.

aren’t some of these drugs keyword-banned on social media?


4 posted on 07/23/2021 10:30:32 PM PDT by WoofDog123
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To: WoofDog123

I dont know about social media — I am not on social media. Even the studies are equivocal. The large meta of Ivermectin had to exclude the largest pro Ivermectin study for pretty profound flaws in the methodology and recording of data. That left a meta-analysis that was as clear as mud in Rocky Mountain spring.

So, I suppose of the meta has little correlation, this is why we see such divergent opinion based on individual experience. I think it gets to my point that by now the consensus is that there is no consensus. Does it hurt to try? Probably not, except some would proffer it is a cure and therefore delay other treatment. If you are not turning around within a day of administration, I would proceed right to monoclonal antibodies. That being said, I would skip the ivermectin step and go right to monoclonals were I to contract the disease.


5 posted on 07/23/2021 10:35:20 PM PDT by gas_dr (Conditions of Socratic debate: Intelligence, Candor, and Good Will. )
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To: gas_dr

***I dont know about social media — I am not on social media.***

SMH.

I know, I know. Just yankin’ your chain.


6 posted on 07/23/2021 10:46:03 PM PDT by ResponseAbility (-The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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When there are ten billions doses + of thousand dollar a dose ‘vaccines’ planning to be sold, the thought of using fifty cent a dose non-prescription alternatives is an anathema to even generally honest health professionals, much less the propagandists that run the information from the ‘vaccine’ manufacturers and the government / media propagandists that love the power and control they get from the plannedemic.


7 posted on 07/23/2021 10:51:29 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: gas_dr; WoofDog123

RE: That being said, I would skip the ivermectin step and go right to monoclonals were I to contract the disease.

I believe that Monoclonals are the best treatment for Covid-19.

Here’s the problem: They are

1. Not approved by the FDA, therefore, like the vaccines, are in the EUA stage.

2. Not widely available. Not all hospitals are clinics have them. And we’re talking the USA where we have them more than any other dcountry in the world.

The problem is, we are in a pandemic.
Most countries in the world don’t have it available nor do they have enough staff who can administer them.

3. Limited manufacturing and distribution.

4. Given the above conditions, I see no reason why, given hundreds of doctors like yourself around the world swear by its efficacy, Ivermectin should not be tried for patients, especially in the early stage of the disease.

Currently what I’m seeing is when a patient has Covid, most doctors just tell them to take Tylenol, isolate and rest, hoping that the disease does not progress to a severe stage.

The ideal solution would be for the patient to immediately go to a hospital or clinic to have Monoclonal Antibodies administered ASAP, but that is easier said than done. The reality is in MOST PLACES, Hospitals don’t have it, and logistically, there are not enough healthycare workers to administer it.

Given this, Ivermectin is still the most practical solution.


8 posted on 07/23/2021 10:57:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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RE: The large meta of Ivermectin had to exclude the largest pro Ivermectin study for pretty profound flaws in the methodology and recording of data

Yes, you’re talking about the Egyptian study. But EVEN WITH this study taken out of the picture, the American FLCCC and the British B.I.R.D group still maintains that the meta analysis worldwide supports the efficacy of Ivermectin.


9 posted on 07/23/2021 11:03:44 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: gas_dr
Are you a doctor?

Why have doctors - who have been doctors for decades - and promoted Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine been removed from their positions and fired?

What was the treatment that President Donald Trump received when he was diagnosed with COVID, went into the hospital for treatment, and came out of the hospital 3 days later?

As a dodtor, do you know what President Trump was treated with? And if you do, why don't you promote that treatment for all who contract/diagnosed with COVID?

10 posted on 07/23/2021 11:15:17 PM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I like the approach of the So. African doctor who is pro-Ivermectin as well as Dr. Gas’s comments, among the others.

That is why this FR “sounding board” is so valuable and of use.

I also like the articles that are posted on studies from around the world, esp. since I have to make a choice as to whether I want to get any vaccine (and risk some possible side-effects) and just toughing it out using common sense and a mask in crowded places.

I also constantly talk to my Oncologist, Gastroenterologist, cardiologist and GP about what I should do. As my medical condition changes, I continual let them know what’s going on and ask for updates on their opinion.

However, if some people have faith in their doctors and the use of Ivermectin, then let them decide what to do.

A late friend of mine lost his wife to cancer, yet when traditional medicines (in the 1970’s) failed to help her improve, he went to Laetrile because they had nothing to lose. She didn’t make it and we lost a lovely woman, but she knew that her husband cared enough about her to try anything to save her. That was true love and devotion. I just wish she had survived.


11 posted on 07/23/2021 11:19:38 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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Re: Equivocal data

On the other hand - in the USA - the political and legal data on COVID is absolute.

If you advise your patients to get the experimental COVID vaccine and one of them is harmed, you have zero professional and financial liability.

If you advise your patients to take Ivermectin - a FDA approved drug with a 40 year history - and one of them is harmed, you will lose your medical license, your money, and maybe even go to jail.

Bottom Line...

There may be many USA physicians who believe Ivermectin is helpful and low risk, but most of them, quite reasonably, are afraid to take the personal risk.

12 posted on 07/23/2021 11:40:28 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: gas_dr

Not if you were being paid by Big Pharma!

But I am pretty sure you already knew that.

You pro vaccine whores are a very deceitful lot!


13 posted on 07/23/2021 11:43:15 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SeekAndFind

Its obvious the 3 vaccines are worthless.


14 posted on 07/23/2021 11:57:14 PM PDT by roving
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To: gas_dr

You are one of the so-called docs doing the con


15 posted on 07/23/2021 11:58:58 PM PDT by roving
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To: SeekAndFind

It doesn’t hurt people to take Ivermectin, Vitamin D3, Vitamin C and Zinc. So it’s pretty shocking that hospitals refuse it to patients - just put them on a ventilator and hope they cure themselves.


16 posted on 07/24/2021 12:01:36 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: roving

I have watched. Agree. Most Plants need water. It has been provided. Allowed to grow like kudzu.


17 posted on 07/24/2021 12:09:17 AM PDT by CJ Wolf ( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them...God wins. Trump always wins. . )
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To: gas_dr

“If it were a sure fire cure and worked well, wouldn’t every physician be using it?”

__________

Actually, no, not in today’s professional disciplinary environment.

__________

“I know I would be.”

____________

Either you are suffering from tremendous naiveté, whistling past the graveyard, or actively perpetuating a false narrative.

__________

Thus the point that for some to proffer that there is some conspiracy that ivermectin is being withheld intentionally means that every physician except a few vocal ones are in on the con job.

__________

Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner. The bravest and most honest doctors still speaking on the record are admitting that the initial phrase of the Hippocratic Oath, “Furst, do no harm.”, has crashed, burned, and is now in ashes.”

__________

“We are not — the reason there is divergence of opinion is because there is equivocal data.”

__________

You have no credibility, Gas Dr. Your words are no longer having any persuasive effect.
A cloud of condescension surrounds everything you say. Kindly ply your flimsy wares elsewhere.


18 posted on 07/24/2021 12:55:12 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: SeekAndFind

you cannot get an EUA for a vaccine if there are approved drug therapies

the FDA is ignoring any possible drug therapies


19 posted on 07/24/2021 12:55:19 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: gas_dr

So let me ask a question of logic. There is quite clearly a lot of division in the ranks of medicine whether Ivermectin works of not. If it were a sure fire cure and worked well, wouldn’t every physician be using it? I know I would be.

Thus the point that for some to proffer that there is some conspiracy that ivermectin is being withheld intentionally means that every physician except a few vocal ones are in on the con job.

We are not — the reason there is divergence of opinion is because there is equivocal data
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From onset of Covid, physicians were reprimanded for prescribing Ivermectin off label, something they had done in the past without a problem.

I read the intimidating ‘releases’ and updates by the coordinating agency for AMerican pharmacies, that hinted heavily any pharmacist filling a prescription for Ivermectin would be seen as unprofessional and in need of extra attention. It was prohibited there for quite awhile, and doctors are still afraid to prescribe it even though there was slight softening of the ‘against’ to ‘neutral’ status of the FDA/CDC toward Ivermectin.

IN the meantime, those agencies and academic research organizations crank out fake studies wherein they simply refuse to prescribe Ivermectin and recommended levels during early stages of the illness. As foreign countries report astonishing success with Ivermectin, the US runs limited trials, often will doses too small, for Ivermectin before publishing that it was ineffective.

The CDC/FDA are still running interference and while some physicians will prescribe it, many are still afraid to do so, even though they feel it works.

The ‘unequivocal’ only exists in MSM and Fauci approved circles. Internationally, countries are reporting success and some in the US pine for the old days when they could be trusted to write off label as they deemed fit. It’s all a political scam now.


20 posted on 07/24/2021 2:12:21 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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