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[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Safety's a good thing, but efficacy is what's really needed. And it has been proven to have no efficacy for the conditions it is being hyped for. Absolutely none.

Eating rice pudding is safe too. It's not an effective treatment for covid either.

What's not safe is when someone fails to resort to an effective treatment because they're instead fooled into using one that does nothing. And that's what's happening with ivermectin.

[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

What’s not safe is when someone fails to resort to an effective treatment because they’re instead fooled into using one that does nothing. And that’s what’s happening with Ivermectin.

Cool, then piss on the people that make the call for the ineffective treatment. Not the perfectly useful drug that is in public domain and saved millions (many millions) of lives with 3.7 Billion doses consumed.

Edit: If a COVID denier told you to just drink water and you'll get over it. Would you then turn around and call water "horse hydrating water" for the rest of your life? Do you not see how 1) absolutely stupid you'd look and 2) that you're attempting to put down water by saying it? Even though it's literally required to keep you alive?

While Ivermectin isn't "required" to live... for many it's the only answer. Now they'll be stigmatized for no fucking reason other than this constant fucking rant of "horse dewormer". At this point I don't doubt that someone has turned down a legitimate use of Ivermectin over this shit, probably had to go for an alternative drug that is not in the public domain and paid some pharma company boatloads to do it. So like I've said probably a dozen times at this point. Piss on the people making the shit claim. Not the perfectly valid drugs that have very valuable purposes.