Posted on 10/06/2021 3:24:34 PM PDT by conservative98
Merck’s new COVID-19 pill, known as molnupiravir, headed for FDA review for emergency authorization, could potentially carry serious safety issues stemming from the method used to kill the virus, scientists warned, according to a report.
The oral antiviral medication integrates into the genetic makeup of the virus, causing a large number of mutations to destroy the virus. However, some laboratory tests indicated the drug’s ability to cause mutations in genetic material of mammalian cells, theoretically causing cancer or birth defects, Barron’s reported.
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You know what this boils down to? Logical risk analysis.
If a drug has not been in widespread use for 5-10 years you are a fool for taking it unless you are terminally it.
There is your daily “pulled from your nether regions” “fact.”
The worst part of that is that Trump most likely got that info on HCQ and other therapeutics from Fauci, Birx and others of their ilk that were "advising" him.
Pres. Trump didn't study medicine. At what other point in his life would he have had an interest in those things? Who else would he have asked about it in early 2020?
Those scumbags set him up.
Kinda like all drugs?
More fear porn I see.
It’s probably reformulated ivermectin.
Hence it probably works.
Can’t have that
I like mine on a half apple, with the seeds in.
Pretty much what I take.
Jeff Zients, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, also weighed in, adding: "This is a potential additional tool in our toolbox to protect people from the worst outcomes of COVID," but noted that vaccination remains the most effective tool against COVID-19, including preventing infection.I thought they had admitted the mRNA (might Really Need Another) vaccines don't prevent infection. Are they reversing their flip-flop?"We want to prevent infections, not just wait to treat them once they happen," Zients said.
I wouldn’t trust any new drugs big pharma puts out at this point.
Rest assured, if Trump were still president, this drug would never see the light of day.
It could have been out last year, but we couldn’t have had that now, could we.
I am so excited. They keep coming up with great treatment options.
Did someone call off the professional pushers? Used to be they would be on a thread like this within 5 comments.
I read it yesterday. I will look for it for you. No time now. The Mrs wants some honey-do’s.
Here is this link that tells how they aren’t concerned with mutations in humans. There is this comment:
” Merck has conducted a comprehensive nonclinical program to characterize the safety profile of molnupiravir. This program included assays such as Big Blue and PIG-a designed to provide a robust measure of a drug or chemical’s ability to induce mutations in vivo. Animals were administered molnupiravir for longer and at higher doses (mg/Kg) than those employed in human studies. The totality of the data from these studies indicates that molnupiravir is not mutagenic or genotoxic in in vivo mammalian systems.”
You can read the entire article:
Bump!
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