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?
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.
If ivermectin were found to cure the wuhan flu, a bunch of very powerful companies with lots of money would be severely adversely affected, as their experimental drugs would no longer have a legal basis for 'emergency use'. I really think it is as simple as that.
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.
The same is true for other treatments. The wuhan coronavirus problem could have been easily solved a long time ago.