[nevergore]

Why does a roundworm medication, Ivermectin, help with Covid?

[zek157]

Not sure the mechanism, but Eastern Virginia Medical Center has it on their covid protocol.

https://www.evms.edu/media/evms_public/departments/internal_medicine/EVMS_Critical_Care_COVID-19_Protocol.pdf

[cpdiii]

Why does a roundworm medication, Ivermectin, help with Covid?

It slows viral replication. Your body is not overwhelmed by the virus and eventually effects an immune response that kills the virus.

Ivermectin kills roundworms, heart worms, scabies, and covid. It is dirt cheap and that is the problem.

[Malsua]

>>>>Why does a roundworm medication, Ivermectin, help with Covid?

It’s also a strong anti-viral.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7539925/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166354220302011
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41429-020-0336-z