With Trump almost gone, there’s a new drug in town against COVID-19: Hopefully, unlike Hydroxycholoroquine, there will be no big opposition against Ivermectin

American Thinker ^ | 01/16/2021 | Andrea Widburg

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When Trump entered the White House, the left gave everything he did a political spin. That escalated in 2020 when Democrats used the Wuhan virus for political ends. It’s reasonably certain they deliberately destroyed the economy to gain the White House. Even worse, after Trump praised Hydroxychloroquine, they made it impossible to give the drug a fair shake, possibly causing tens of thousands to die, for no other reason than to deny Trump a “win.” With Trump on his way out, though, there’s starting to be chatter about a common anti-parasite drug called Ivermectin.

(Please be mindful as you read that this article is not providing medical advice. It is merely discussing a new medical theory about treating the Wuhan virus.)

I first heard about Ivermectin’s efficacy against the Wuhan virus last week, from my hairdresser, who is Brazilian. She told me that everyone in her family took some drug, the name of which she couldn’t remember, for treating lice and no one got the virus. In fact, she said, everyone she knew in Brazil was taking this lice drug. I looked it up when I returned home.

Ivermectin goes back to 1970, when Satoshi Ōmura of Kitasato University and William Campbell of Merck, working together, discovered that a family of bacteria called the avermectins would cure mice of roundworm. Ivermectin is now routinely used to treat multiple parasitical infections.

Because it can be taken orally or applied topically, it works for everything from headlice to pinworms. Even if you haven’t taken it, you’ve probably given it to a dog or cat at one time or another.

In tropical climates, Ivermectin has also been studied for diseases characteristic of those regions, such as yellow fever, malaria, and river blindness. It may even help fight nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

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Ivermectin’s potential efficacy against the Wuhan virus was already indicated last April when Australian researchers said the “head lice drug Ivermectin quickly prevented replication of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.” Even better, according to David Jans of Monash University in Melbourne, Ivermectin is “safe at relatively high doses,” although he hastened to add that no one should try to self-medicate, especially with medicine prescribed for pets or head lice.

By August, Brazil, which was very hard-hit by the Wuhan virus, turned the entire coastal city of Itajaí into a lab experiment after the mayor, a doctor, announced a massive giveaway. Amusingly, Coda, the online magazine to which I linked, didn’t want anybody too excited. It published the story in its “war on science” category.

By September, though, two more Brazilian cities were using Ivermectin on a trial basis. The results were a bit hard to interpret because the studies weren’t done using perfect double-blind lab conditions. Additionally, the three studies all had differing climates and populations. However, the rough data indicated that, on average, death rates dropped in the three regions, cases were less severe, and there were fewer new cases.

Ivermectin finally got a boost in America just this week. The NIH has officially recognized Ivermectin as an option for treating the Wuhan virus. The new recommendation “has now been upgraded to the same level as those for widely used monoclonal antibodies & convalescent plasma, which is a ‘neither for nor against’ recommendation.” In other words, it’s no longer barred. It is a therapeutic option.

[dsrtsage]

Trump needs to tout it quick

[pepsi_junkie]

It’s not new, but while Trump was in charge it wasn’t demonized, it was just ignored. Now it’s going to be discoverd as a miracle drug. In about a week and a half.

[RummyChick]

Two anecdotes

Buffalo family went to court to get Ivermectin for vent patient. They think it saved her.

Dr from Myfreedoctor.com took it plus hqc, prednisone, iodine, and zpac...still ended up in hospital with bilateral pneumonia.

SO dont assume just because you take it you are home free from hospitalization.

[AFB-XYZ]

“Almost gone”? Methinks the author of the article may be speaking too soon.

[bray]

Friend of mine took it and cured in two hours. Doctor never seen a negative test in 7 days after the positive test.

[Secret Agent Man]

It was known awhile ago

And therefore has not been touted

If any alternative would have been announced none of the vaccines would have been able to get fast-track status

And that is why they were all slammed hard, hcq, quercetin, ivermectin

[blueunicorn6]

And just like that, the bodies that were everywhere disappeared.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: It’s not new, but while Trump was in charge it wasn’t demonized, it was just ignored

Because unlike Hydroxychloroquine, Trump did not praise Ivermectin.

What Trump should do is play Jiu-Jitsu ( with a wink ). He should ridicule Ivermectin. You will soon see every single media ( including social media ) attack Trump for his “ignorance” and highly recommend it.

[Grampa Dave]

It’s not new, but while Trump was in charge it wasn’t demonized, it was just ignored. Now it’s going to be discovered as a miracle drug. In about a week and a half.

@ 12:01 am/morning after Joe Dimentia has been sworn in.

[conservative98]

He falsified his research so RDU-90 could be approved and Devlin MacGregor could give you...Inverticon and so Biden could win the Presidency.

[Slyfox]

>>ahem<< Trump is still in charge.

[a real Sheila]

“Now it’s going to be discoverd as a miracle drug. In about a week and a half.”

And anyone who points out that Dr. Kory tried and TRIED to bring this to the attention of Congress, FDA, etc., will be banned from the internet forever for “racist hate speech and inciting a riot over covid.”

[FreedomForce]

The first pharmacy (Walmart) where we tried to get my wife’s Ivermectin prescrption filled resisted filling it. First, the pharmacist said they couldn’t understand the way the prescription was written. We had the nurse practioner who prescribed it contact them, and they questioned why she was writing the prescription. She told the pharmacist to do the ethical thing and fill it. The pharmacist then stated they didn’t have Ivermectin. I suspect that was a lie.

Another pharmacy(Walgreens) filled it with no problem.

The nurse practitioner was surprised by the resistance. Probably not as much demonization as with HCQ, but something strange is happening even with Ivermectin.

[KingLudd]

I bought Ivermectin from Tractor Supply in December.

[KingLudd]

I bought Ivermectin from Tractor Supply in December. I inject a small amount in hardboiled eggs and leave them for the foxes. Cures their mange.

[FreedomForce]

I have some horse paste on hand, too. I prefer to use the human version of Ivermectin if possible.

[Malsua]

but something strange is happening even with Ivermectin.

Why pay for Remdesivir for $5000 when you can pay $5 for Ivermectin?

[BelleAl]

I have taken the horse paste twice when I felt I may have been exposed. No side effects and no COVID.

[kvanbrunt2]

It’s not new. I bought my tube months ago. It’s apple flavored. Used for Heart worms in horses. Apple flavored. not sure i could take it but. I bought it assuming it would be banned.