There have been studies to show that ivermectin was effective against Covid and there are studies that show it had no effect. Which ones are right? I don't know perhaps both because the studies differed in dosage, how many times you take the drug per day and duration in how long you take it. But, if you remember back to good old 2020 & 2021, if you even mentioned the word ivermectin or any other possible treatments you were banned from YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Doctors were chastised for even trying and mentioning new treatments. And, the mainstream media followed suit. A national dialogue was simply not allowed. And, why shouldn't they follow protocol in what was a novel pandemic that of course by definition had no known treatments. Meanwhile families whose loved ones were on their last breaths suffering from Covid were relegated to being put on ventilators in hospitals with apparently no interest in possible treatments. They were offered to have a priest read their last rites, but heaven forbid they try a drug that could possible help. Some families turned to the courts where they had to fight for days and in some cases weeks (precious time they didn't have) while hospitals fought any treatments that weren't protocol. And, some as you said, turned to purchase the over-the-counter version of ivermectin found at Tractor Supply and other farm stores. The kicker, there were a number of families that won their court cases were allowed to administer drugs and their loved ones recovered even after given almost no chance of survival. And, what would it have hurt to offer those on their dying breaths a chance to take ivermectin or any other drug for that matter? I mean it's not like the drug had been safely administered to millions of people across the world prior. And, it wasn't like it was randomly picked out of a hat by doctors trying to find potential treatment for their sick patients. Prior to Covid, it had shown success as an antiviral so doctors theorized that it might have potential in treatment. Of the two cases that I know that died of COVID that were young (between 35-50), both individuals went to the doctor early and asked for treatment and said they were struggling. Their doctors and hospitals turned them away and said there was nothing they could do. Both returned a few days later in even worse shape and were put on ventilators before passing away. Both were friennds of a friend of a friend and I told those who were closer they should have them reach out to doctors who were actually trying to treat Covid with a variety of medicines (Ivermectin included). Unfortunately no one did and they passed away. If that was your wife, brother or sister, I'm sure you wish they would have at least tried something. But, instead let's laugh and chastise a drug that showed some signs of being able to help especially when most of the medical community was too afraid to rock the boat. And, if you made it thus far, look up the name Judith Smentkiewicz. She was an 80 old year old Buffalo woman who was given a 20% chance to live after suffering in the hospital. I've linked the article below from the Buffalo News, but it's a paid article. Here's some snippets from the January 15, 2021 article: A judge ordered Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital last week to give a Covid-19 patient an experimental treatment, and her family and attorneys say they believe that saved 80-year-old Judith Smentkiewicz's life. The drug Ivermectin – a pill sometimes used to treat children with head lice or to rid dogs and cats of worms – is not yet approved by the federal government for use against Covid-19. But Smentkiewicz's son and daughter call it “a miracle drug” in their court papers. So do her attorneys, Ralph C. Lorigo and Jon F. Minear. “This lady was on a ventilator, literally on her deathbed, before she was given this drug,” Lorigo told The Buffalo News about Smentkiewicz, a Cheektowaga resident. “As far as we’re concerned, the judge’s order saved this woman’s life.”.... “We did a lot of our own research, we read about Ivermectin ... The results sounded very promising, and we decided we had to try something different,” Michael Smentkiewicz said. “We pressured the doctor in the ICU to give it to her. He finally agreed.” On Jan. 2, Smentkiewicz was given her first dose of Ivermectin, and according to court papers filed by her family, she made “a complete turnaround.” “In less than 48 hours, my mother was taken off the ventilator, transferred out of the Intensive Care Unit, sitting up on her own and communicating,” Kulbacki said in a court affidavit. But after her mother was transferred to another hospital wing away from the ICU, doctors in that unit refused to give her any more doses of the drug, and her condition quickly declined, the family said in court papers. “We were astounded when they refused to give her any more doses,” Michael Smentkiewicz said. “That’s why I called Ralph Lorigo and we took the hospital to court.” This is when I first heard about ivermectin and was intrigued as I think everyone should have been again given the fact that we were in a global pandemic. But how many have actually heard of her story? And, why not? ** Edited by RUHokie at 8/26/2024, 6:01:23 PM