The buzz around ivermectin is reminiscent of hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug that rose to prominence last year as a possible treatment for COVID-19. The drug was given a rocket boost when then-President Donald Trump revealed at a press conference he was taking hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin to ward off COVID-19, despite little evidence either worked.
Hydroxychloroquine became immensely politicized, but much of this hype ultimately fell flat and it never became the “game-changer” its supporters proclaimed it to be.
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ivermectin must work good for them to come out this strong against it?
(I had to check the date line to be sure it wasn’t from April 2020
The massed artillery of the Political Media was arrayed against it, and political doctors worked hard to sabotage studies involving HCQ.
It works as a therapeutic administered at the correct time with the correct accompaniments.
On March 23, 2020, President Trump and his Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows were sent ccs at the White House of Dr. Vladimir Zelenko’s letter to physicians describing an effective EARLY Covid treatment costing $20. The letter, which can no longer be found by entering date and doctor’s name at Google is at the link below.
https://faculty.utrgv.edu/eleftherios.gkioulekas/zelenko/Vladimir-Zelenko-treatment.pdf
It included the following important sentences. “We know that hydroxychloroquine helps Zinc enter the [infected] cell. We know that Zinc slows viral replication within the cell. Regarding the use of azithromycin, I postulate it prevents secondary bacterial infections. These three drugs are well known and usually well tolerated,...” and also “In sum, my urgent recommendation is to initiate treatment in the OUTPATIENT setting as soon as possible in accordance with the above. [even before Covid is confirmed by testing] Based on my direct experience, it prevents acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), prevents the need for hospitalization and saves lives.” Items in brackets [ ] were added by me from later clarifications he made in subsequent messages.
The drug was given a rocket boost when then-President Donald Trump revealed at a press conference [I believe in April] he was taking hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin to ward off COVID-19, despite little evidence either worked. He and Dr. Fauci had each mentioned the ALL IMPORTANT ZINC, and then only would mention HCQ. In May, NIH launched a study supported by Dr. Fauci using ONLY HCQ and Azithromycin for seriously ill and hospitalized Covid patients. Thus completely ignoring Dr. Zelenko’s concern for using zinc and early treatment. When the NIH study failed to show results this lift Dr. Fauci to continue supporting Remdesivir at roughly $3,000 (insurance payment) for a treatment course.
Some important questions. Did President Trump ever actually see this letter? Why did he and Dr. Fauci stop mentioning zinc? What perks did Dr. Fauci get for promotion Remdesivir and supporting testing designed to fail?
I think the Zelenco protocol of HCQ and zinc is still a useful treatment although I suspect that Ivermectin may be better, and if only over-the-counter is available, then Quercetin in place of or in addition to the other two has been supported by Dr. Zelenko. Last I read there were some 50 million doses of HCQ in our national emergency medical storage. Why aren’t they being distributed along with adequate zinc to states with rising Covid cases loads?