Maybe the government knew it would work and didn’t want people to have something that worked.
Exactly. The government hates anything that allows you to control your own life and outcomes. This includes guns, remedies, transportation, and more. The government insists that it have a role and a dependency.
Besides, what if I self-identify as a horse???
Or maybe it was all just political and damn the people it may or may not help.
The legal system is entirely to slow to allow for freedom to survive.
Ivermectin is a protease inhibitor and, as such, moderately effective on Covid, just like the expensive new drugs that were much more dangerous.
The issue is the “emergency” rules permitting the expensive and experimental drugs could not be issued if an existing drug was even moderately effective.
That’s the entirety of the issue.
Money.
“Maybe the government knew it would work and didn’t want people to have something that worked.”
Look at it from the viewpoint of the Left: If Covid is mostly taking out their enemies (MAGA types), then what’s the downside for leaving it untreated?