Posted on 02/09/2021 4:41:11 AM PST by Kaslin
I should state at the outset that were it not for doctors, I would either be paralyzed or dead. I owe my mobility and probably my life to wonderful physicians.
However, I will now state with equal certitude that the American medical profession as a whole and many individual doctors are responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans -- very possibly, more than that.
Along with the media -- from The New York Times to Google/YouTube, Facebook and Twitter -- Americans have been denied both life-saving information and life-saving drugs.
I am specifically referring to hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin. These drugs (along with zinc), which are as safe as any medicines humanity has taken in the last half-century, should have been almost universally used to treat COVID-19 patients as soon as those patients showed symptoms or tested positive -- and even as a prophylactic to prevent or minimize the effects of the illness in the first place. If they had been, it is likely that tens, maybe hundreds, of thousands of those who died of the virus would have lived.
For the record, I put my medicines where my mouth is. I have been taking hydroxychloroquine and zinc (as well as vitamin D and selenium) on a regular basis for half a year, and ivermectin for the past three months. More for the record: During this time, I have hugged hundreds of strangers at various events around the country, maskless. In addition, at home, I live with four people: my wife, two stepsons and the fiancee of one of the sons. That couple, both in their mid-20s, developed symptoms and then tested positive for COVID-19 a month ago. They were the only two members of the family not to be on hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin. And while they were ill, my wife and I practiced no social distancing, wore no masks in the house and tested negative twice (as responsible citizens, we quarantined at home for 14 days).
The son and his fiancee immediately began a course of treatment of hydroxychloroquine, zinc, ivermectin, vitamin D and selenium, and within half a day, they were feeling better. A few days later, all their symptoms had vanished.
Of course, the medical establishment, the media and others committed to irrationality, fear, making fortunes from pharmaceutical companies and keeping Americans from a normal life will dismiss all this as just anecdotes. But I would ask: How many anecdotes about the effectiveness of these safe drugs does it take to persuade people? I would ask a more damning question: Given how safe hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin are, what could we have possibly lost by allowing millions of people to take these medicines?
Or, to put it another way, if doctors who advocate for the use of these safe drugs are wrong, what price would we have paid? Essentially none. But what if Dr. Anthony Fauci, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, The New York Times, CNN, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health and the poor souls who trust them are wrong? The price we have paid is tens of thousands of dead Americans, and quite possibly more than that.
We paid another horrific price for listening to the medical establishment, the colluding media, Democratic governors and others on the left. We have killed much of our economy; robbed tens of millions of Americans of their livelihoods; quite possibly put the dollar on the road to near-worthlessness; perhaps ensured future inflation that will further destroy the well-being of the American people; and sent innumerable Americans spiraling into depression, drug and alcohol use, spousal and child abuse, and suicide.
I offer an example of NIH dishonesty bordering on malpractice. On Nov. 9, 2020, the NIH issued a report titled "Hydroxychloroquine Does Not Benefit Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19." This was dishonest for two reasons: First, zinc wasn't used. While hydroxychloroquine alone can help fight COVID-19, every physician who prescribes hydroxychloroquine to COVID-19 patients insists it be accompanied by zinc. Hydroxychloroquine without zinc is like a gun without a bullet. Second, everyone who advocates the use of hydroxychloroquine and zinc to fight COVID-19 insists it be given as early as possible, i.e., before hospitalization.
So, the NIH test was useless. Why those who conducted it did not give patients zinc and waited until they were hospitalized are such obvious questions that either those doctors were ignorant of hydroxychloroquine protocols or they set the test up to fail. Either explanation constitutes a moral and medical scandal.
It is extremely important to note that the report concluded that hydroxychloroquine was "found not to cause harm."
This is from the CDC on Sept. 4, 2020: "Current data indicate that the potential benefits of these drugs (hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine) do not outweigh their risks." Given that there are almost no risks, the CDC statement is egregious.
Now to ivermectin.
The NIH, on Aug. 27, 2020, announced: "The COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel recommends against the use of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19, except in a clinical trial."
However, three months later, on Nov. 28, 2020, the NIH published this finding regarding ivermectin: "Countries with routine mass drug administration of prophylactic chemotherapy including ivermectin have a significantly lower incidence of COVID-19."
Consequently, on Jan. 14, 2021, the NIH withdrew its opposition to ivermectin -- but, incredibly, still refused to endorse it: "The COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel (the Panel) has determined that currently there are insufficient data to recommend either for or against the use of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19."
How many Americans died from COVID-19 between Aug. 27, 2020, and Jan. 14, 2021, because of NIH waffling?
That report contained a truly deceitful statement concerning hydroxychloroquine: that it carries "considerable risk of sometimes fatal complications and interactions."
On Dec. 16, 2020, the FDA declared that ivermectin "is not approved for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19."
Meanwhile, YouTube took down a U.S. Senate hearing featuring doctors and epidemiologists who spoke in favor of ivermectin.
When we get to the other side of the COVID-19 crisis and all the damage is tallied -- the unnecessary deaths and the ruined lives -- the medical establishment, the media and many politicians are going to have a lot to answer for.
At a great price, we have learned that "follow the science" and "follow the scientists" are not the same thing. We have followed the latter off a cliff.
Through my prostate cancer ordeal, I’ve developed a healthy distrust of the medical profession. they are self-preservationists above all, and will resort to deception easily to protect each other and their almost unquestioned ability to make a buck.
The Number 1 cause of death in America is......
Premeditated Murder.
840,000 in 2019, according to the CDC, FBI, etc.
Heart Disease, Cancer, and avoidable accidents are numbers 2,3 and 4
98% of premeditated murders are by doctors. The victims are totally innocent and defenseless. 75% of Downs syndrome people are murdered. And, thanks to Federal judges, they are legal,
The virus is CHILD’S PLAY. Read up on Statins and how the political/medical community (each for their own reasons) prevents people from knowing the dangers of the ‘recommended’ high-carb diet, versus the far more healthier low-carb diet.
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Ivermectin group: 0% infections.
Control group: 58% infections.
Which do you want to be in?
“The Argentinian study team reported that the study data revealed that of the participants in the control group (e.g. not taking the study drug combination) 58% of the participants were infected with COVID-19 during the duration of the trial. The study team reported no contagions were recorded in the carrageenan and ivermectin arm, showcasing the compounds’ virucidal effects can potentially protect against COVID-19.”
If Big Medicine can deceive the public about a cheap & easy cure for such a high-profile plague, what else are they deceiving us about?
It pays to be skeptical.
One of my huge pet peeves. I find most medical doctors INCREDIBLY ARROGANT for their actual track records. They should be very, very humble, considering the number of screw ups or real world ineptness, advice that turned out to be very, very wrong. But it never matters how many times they prescribed medications that were harmful or next to worthless, at great cost in either dollars or health to their patients, or performed operations that were not really necessary when a lower cost, lower trauma solution would have been better for the patient, the mini-god complex doesn’t take a hit.
Most people get cowed and wowed by the credentials. Not me and not in my world. The paper means next to ZERO, only actual performance counts. Their actual track records are piss poor but most strut around as if they were Tom Brady.
Only a very few number is doctors are abortionists. Please don’t lump us all in with this group of misfits.
Unfortunately this is legal in America. Work with legislator as is do to stop it.
I know many staunchly pro life physicians. Take your broad brush elsewhere
Quite simply, medicine is politicized because government is involved in medicine.
That said, this year we have had medical professionals that we have known and trusted for years provide us with info and advice that we know is crap.
And we know that this is the case because we get a different story when said professionals are not in the office.
Why should the advice and info you get from your medicos depend on where you receive it?
Mr Prager
I used to respect you before this hit piece at my profession. What would you like me to do. I have written these meds and state boards of pharmacy refuse to fill for Covid. I cannot synthesize the drugs in my car and distribute them. If I write snd state licensing boards refuse to fill or threaten me with a license action then this is not my doing
I still prescribe them anyway. I have found some pharmacies that will work with me
But to the larger end. We no longer need partial and incomplete treatments and prophylaxis. I have seen people get sick on ivermectin snd HCQ. I have seen them die despite them. I am happy you are lucky individually. Yes there is partial help. But now with monoclonal antibodies we can treat this disease targeted and precisely. There is plenty of time between symptoms and severe disease to get this one time treatment. There is plenty on the shelf. But for the insistence of people like you who are stuck on marginal treatments these successful remedies remain unheard of...but not to my family and patients
We also ha w a 95% effective prophylaxis. It’s called a vaccine. It is way better than 58%. Please let us know how you feel about this.
If you do not want to seek the treatment of a physician this is fine and your right. If you want to solve the issues talk to the state board of pharmacy and legislatures. We were hog tied. If you want to fix medicine open up to free market solutions and reign in the trial attorneys. Otherwise please get your facts right before laying blame on those of us who have devoted a life to our art of healing.
Feel feee to go to medical school and learn the art my friend. You seem arrogant with your broad stammers and still won’t tell us what your training is.
I won’t reply further as you engage in circuitous arguments.
The worst cost is that Trump did not have advisers who saw through their deceit, promoted safe cures, and shut down the shutdowns in April. He totally missed an opportunity for courageous leadership that would have changed the history we’ve endured since last June. It’s his responsibility to get honest and better advisers. (By no means am I anti-Trump, but we have to face the truth.)
Results
Two hundred eighty patients, 173 treated with ivermectin and 107 without ivermectin, were reviewed. Most patients in both groups also received hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, or both. Univariate analysis showed lower mortality in the ivermectin group (15.0% vs 25.2%; OR, 0.52; 95% CI, 0.29-0.96; P = .03). Mortality also was lower among ivermectin-treated patients with severe pulmonary involvement (38.8% vs 80.7%; OR, 0.15; 95% CI, 0.05-0.47; P = .001). No significant differences were found in extubation rates (36.1% vs 15.4%; OR, 3.11; 95% CI, 0.88-11.00; P = .07) or length of stay. After multivariate adjustment for confounders and mortality risks, the mortality difference remained significant (OR, 0.27; 95% CI, 0.09-0.80; P = .03). One hundred ninety-six patients were included in the propensity-matched cohort. Mortality was significantly lower in the ivermectin group (13.3% vs 24.5%; OR, 0.47; 95% CI, 0.22-0.99; P < .05), an 11.2% (95% CI, 0.38%-22.1%) absolute risk reduction, with a number needed to treat of 8.9 (95% CI, 4.5-263).
https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(20)34898-4/fulltext
A guy told me he had been in ICU for two weeks with Wuhan Virus and barely survived. I asked him “Did they give you any medication or vitamins?” His reply was, “No, nothing.” Apparently, they just threw him on a ventilator and hoped he made it. He did but now he has permanent lung damage.
Because this was new we don’t go for every fad. I prescribed HCQ but pharmacy would not fill it. I no longer die Becuase we can treat the disease effectively. Remember as much as everyone above accuse us of acting like God we also know what we don’t know and our first oath is do no harm. Not get wrapped up in every fad
That was MAY of 2020:
Study design and methods: Charts of consecutive patients hospitalized at four Broward Health hospitals in Florida with confirmed COVID-19 between March 15 and May 11, 2020,
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33065103/
The National Institute of Health has been hiding effective treatment for 8 months!!!!
You are POSTER BOY for the doctors I mentioned. I made a post where I made a perfectly valid statement using the the phrase “Common to MANY drugs” and you went off and argued for about 25 posts why my accurate statement was wrong, all because of a lack of reading comprehension. You read it as “ALL DRUGS”. You should be VERY, VERY HUMBLE after that embarrassing fiasco on your part.
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