At this point, the media's opinion on anything means nothing.CondensedFoggyAggie said:TheMasterplan said:We all know why the headline is what it is. It is also used for humans but it's more fun to use horsewormer so those on the political left can say, "LOL Trump supporters." That's why people don't trust the media and don't trust experts. Stop being political.CondensedFoggyAggie said:traxter said:Doctors and scientists have been advising against the use of multiple drugs for quite some time. They have advised against ivermectin use as well for quite some time. But suddenly, in the midst of a surge of people taking veterinary ivermectin from animal feed stores, using the term "horse dewormer" becomes part of some sort of political narrative to nullify its benefits?aggierogue said:bigtruckguy3500 said:coolerguy12 said:
Side effect of ivermectin is nothing?
Side effect of abortion is actively ending a human life. You know it's a terrible analogy but went with it anyway.
I would argue that if the doctor in good faith felt the requested treatment would cause harm then they should remove themself from the case and get another doctor assigned. I don't think that can be said for ivermectin.
There is harm to everything, even placebo. In this case the biggest potential harm is that millions of people think an antiparasitic drug will save them if they get COVID, and they're avoiding vaccination because of it. I'm not going to spell out all the potential consequences of that, but it's greater than the individual.
If a doctor doesn't want to perform an abortion should they be the ones finding another doctor to perform it? If a patient wants me to help them find someone to give them an abortion, I'm going to tell them to Google it themselves.
If this patient wanted ivermectin so bad, he should have found himself a doctor. We do not need judges telling doctors how to practice medicine.
ETA: if something truly has zero harm/risk/side effects, it would be pretty rare for it to have benefit. Something's do have a very favorable NNT and NNH ratio, but nothing with benefit is with zero risk.
Advil or Tylenol has very good benefit for headaches/body pain with little to no side effect when used properly.
Ivermectin is not the reason I'm not getting vaccinated. I didn't even ask my doctor about Ivermectin. He told me it is one of the drugs he prescribes. Many are prescribing it.
It's pretty obvious at this point that there is a campaign effort and a political effort to minimize or nullify a benefit to Ivermectin. The fact that the popular and consistent narrative is "horse dewormer" or "animal drugs" should be an easy tell.
Exhibit A:
Popular 54 year old podcaster (unvaccinated) takes Ivermectin (among several other things) and recovers after a single day of bad Covid symptoms.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CTSsA8wAR2-/?utm_medium=copy_link
Response:
CNN only focuses on Ivermectin and completely omits his quick recovery.
Oh, and he didn't take up a hospital bed.
It literally IS horse dewormer. Or would you prefer "river blindness and intestinal roundworm infection" treatment?
Actually, it's more like people with common sense that read what the vast majority of doctors say vs unverified horse dewormer.
Welp, when you inevitably move on to whale intestine antibiotics, I'll be sure to tell the media not to make fun of you.