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U.S. Insurers Wasted Millions on Ivermectin for Covid-19, Study Finds
Gizmodo ^ | 1/14/22 | Ed Cara

Posted on 01/15/2022 4:59:57 AM PST by Libloather

Researchers analyzing insurance claims data estimate that U.S. insurers have paid tens of millions of dollars for ivermectin as a covid-19 treatment, despite little good evidence that ivermectin does anything to treat or prevent the viral illness. During a single week in August 2021, private and Medicare insurance plans forked over about $2.5 million for covid-related prescriptions of ivermectin, according to the new study, published Thursday in JAMA.

Ivermectin is a cheap and effective antiparasitic that’s been in wide use for around 40 years. At the start of the pandemic, it was one of many existing drugs to receive a second look as a possible antiviral treatment for covid-19, based on early lab results. During the past two years, however, the field of covid-related research on ivermectin has been riddled with poor quality data and allegations of widespread fraud. There are still important ongoing studies of ivermectin for covid-19, but the largest and likely most rigorous trials to date have found no clear benefit for the drug in either treating or preventing covid-19.

This lack of solid evidence hasn’t stopped ivermectin from being adopted as the covid treatment of choice by some people and doctors. These devotees tend to be politically right-wing and espouse unsupported claims about the dangers of vaccines. They’re also, strangely enough, often dismissive about the pandemic, downplaying its harms even as they stock up on drugs like ivermectin to seemingly stay safe.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: anthonyfauci; covid; covidstooges; edcara; gizmodonewspuppet; insurance; ivermectin; obamacare; projectveritas; rona; study; thewaronivermectin; vaccinemandates; waronivermectin
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To: Libloather

I’m sticking to FLCCC.NET, they got us through it just fine. If you are relying on the vaccine you might check their latest info, it appears the omicron mutations to the spike protein render the vaccines practically worthless, and no, I’m not anti-vac or pro-vac, I’m make your own choice.


21 posted on 01/15/2022 5:41:42 AM PST by MrKatykelly
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To: alloysteel

Davos-19


22 posted on 01/15/2022 5:42:17 AM PST by lizma2
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To: Libloather

Great


23 posted on 01/15/2022 5:44:40 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: Pollard

Behind in News, but a leader in Fake News.


24 posted on 01/15/2022 5:46:45 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: Libloather

JAMA needs to read about the WHO run, USA funded program which used that drug to Fight COVID for 240 million Indians! Personally I do not care what the Jamaican & Man Association says......... 🤣🤣🤣


25 posted on 01/15/2022 5:48:39 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Who the hell is Gizmodo???? Talk about a Fake News article!!!!}


26 posted on 01/15/2022 5:55:12 AM PST by MGunny ( )
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To: Libloather

.... despite little good evidence that ivermectin does anything to treat or prevent the viral illness.

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Outright lie, right off the bat, first sentence .... that’s as far as I’m reading.


27 posted on 01/15/2022 5:56:06 AM PST by Qiviut (🍊 #standup "Don't let your children die on the hill you refuse to fight on.")
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To: Libloather

This POS article is full of lies.


28 posted on 01/15/2022 5:57:40 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Pollard

“Gizmodo is a little behind in the news.”

There is a lot of that going around. Heard a report this morning that parents are pushing back on Ivy League mandates for students to get boosted in order to return to campus, citing concerns about myocarditis. Studies on myocarditis resulting from covid shots have been out there for how long (at least 14 months)?


29 posted on 01/15/2022 6:00:25 AM PST by No Party Affiliation
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To: Libloather

Study funded by….


30 posted on 01/15/2022 6:03:44 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: chopperk

Author is full of horse apples.


We called them Road Apples.


31 posted on 01/15/2022 6:05:43 AM PST by NavyShoe
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To: Libloather
Read the article. It's amazing they gathered 85,000 de-identified patients that took ivermectin and didn't think to find out how many died of COVID-19 nor do they report how many had COVID-19. Makes you wonder if they purposely chose the data set to make a hit piece rather than finding out if this population received any benefit.

What has happened to our country? Why are health professionals more interested in scoring political points than in saving lives and answering real questions.

BTW the 127 million they estimated was spent on Ivermectin is not even noise level considering we have spent trillions on this disease.

32 posted on 01/15/2022 6:07:04 AM PST by stig
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To: Libloather

Did Tony Fauxi write this?


33 posted on 01/15/2022 6:07:32 AM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: alloysteel; ComputerGuy; metmom; sopo; Diogenesis; sauropod; BiglyCommentary; ...

There was an importqnt typo in my Comment #20. In the 4th line of the first paragraph, it should say ...”40ng/ml in the US.” (not USg/ml.)

A really valuable political effort would be to ask our Congresscritters (especially the 100 reported to use Ivermectin) to pass law to require NIH to spend a useful precent of its money distributed for studies to be spent on effectivenss of Ivermectin, HCQ and other IONOPHORES used in combination with such items as Vitamin C, Vitamin D, zinc, and other vitamins, minerals and herbal supplements. There has been a systematic effort over the years to minimize use of Vitamin C. Linus Paulings institute has faced pressure to publicize favorable use of Vitamin C LESS. Dr. Robert Cathcart’s 10,000 reported favorable treatments with Vitamin C have been dismissed as “anectodal reports.” Still no serious efforts to validate or disprove his successes. The same goes for a number of other potential low cost treatments.

Meanwhile the Big Pharma CEOs and others receive benefits in the amount of $20million a year. How about a law that companies cannot DEDUCT more than $1 million a year for salaries from their income taxes. Let the stockholders decide if these guys are really worth $20 million a year.


34 posted on 01/15/2022 6:11:09 AM PST by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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To: Libloather

We have to get people to read the section on Ivermectin’s history against Covid in India in Robert Kennedy’s book “The Real Dr. Fauci”, and especially the difference in deaths between them and us, including what happened when they switched from Ivermectin to vaccine, then back from vaccines to Ivermectin. The pattern of outright lies from Fauci, Gates, and the entire medical complex that are financially beholden to them, along with the media that are their lapdogs, is utterly horrifying.

Mass murder on a monstrous scale, and all for money and power.

An absolute MUST READ!!!!


35 posted on 01/15/2022 6:13:02 AM PST by _longranger81
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To: MrKatykelly; SeekAndFind; saintgermaine; All

Are J & J, Novavax, AstraZenica or others also spike protein oriented, or do some use a different mechanism? I seem to recall reading something here (FR) telling about one that had a different attack point.


36 posted on 01/15/2022 6:17:04 AM PST by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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To: Libloather

Study funded by JAMA is all you need to know to realize that this article is utter bullsh*t.


37 posted on 01/15/2022 6:19:26 AM PST by Augie
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To: sauropod

It’s Gizmodo - sounds like a good nickname for Fauci.


38 posted on 01/15/2022 6:24:54 AM PST by Beach333 ( )
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To: _longranger81; SeekAndFind; null and void; Pelham; Red Badger; All

Amazing that this Kennedy exposee of Fauci and Gates collusion has made the best seller list with NO major media mention or discussion. It has been reported that major book stores are only given a few copies of this book while other establishment books get dozens. It is also available from Amazon as a Kindle version. Last price I saw was $2.99. Ask the White House why Fauci is still their major health propagandist, tell the WH to read the book.


39 posted on 01/15/2022 6:27:58 AM PST by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Congressman Gohmert said he was treated with Ivermectin.


40 posted on 01/15/2022 6:28:24 AM PST by lonestar (Texan for Trump)
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