[DouglasKC]

He told DailyMail.com that the study did show that ivermectin could inhibit the replication of COVID-19 virus cells, which is what many are reading from the study that makes them believe the drug has virus killing properties.

Ummmm...if it inhibits replication of the virus then doesn't it give your own immune system a much better chance to beat it?

[Valpal1]

Read the full paragraph. A study using toxic to humans levels in a petri dish is not going work the same in live humans. Lots of things kill viruses in vitro that don’t work in vivo (living beings).

That said, if the human preparation and dosage is cheap and safe, then stop withholding it from those that want to use it. The powers that be have created the situation they are decrying.

[catnipman]

“if it inhibits replication of the virus then doesn’t it give your own immune system a much better chance to beat it? “

absolutely, and essentially ALL anti-virals and most antibiotics function by inhibiting replication, thereby halting the exponential replication of pathogens that overwhelm the bodies natural defenses, but instead keep the numbers in check sufficiently for the bodies natural defenses to defeat the pathogenic invasion ...

all educated medical personnel understand that it’s axiomatic that antivirals in particular work best when given as soon as possible during an infection, nince the admonition to treat influenza and shingles with specific antivirals within 48 hours of symptoms ...