Because we are told that it “can,” not that it “does.”
Helped me getting through covid.
Ivermectin also competitvely binds to the ACE2 receptor and thus blocks the action of the Covid spike proteins to enter cells which Paxlovid does not.
Ivermectin also had anti inflammatory properties that suppressed the cytokine storms that were deadly in advanced covid. Paxlovid is actually inflammatory.
The clinical study recommended that both Paxlovid and Ivermectin should be used “synergistic ally” to improve outcomes.
The improved outcomes presumably being that $10 of Ivermectin tablets cured the Covid infection for the patient and the Paxlovid cured Pfizer cash flow issues at $1000 -2000 for a course of treatment