An Ivermectin Influencer Died. And how can people be so stupid?

[Checkmite]

And not (just) Trump. If it wasn't for how 'intelligent' people responded to Covid, these 'stick-stone stupid idiots' would never have heard of ivermectin.

I'm not sure I agree there. That used to be my impression too, until this thread; but the OP suggests that Ivermectin has already been pushed for nearly a decade if not longer as a magic snake oil for all manner of diseases by anti-sciencers, well before COVID came along. If that's the case it would seem that its appearance as an "alternative treatment" for COVID-deniers was neither spontaneous nor arbitrary.

 

[dann]

But wouldn't it be true if instead it said:

And not (just) Trump. If it wasn't for how 'intelligent' people responded to Covid, [the majority of] these 'stick-stone stupid idiots' would never have heard of ivermectin.

It seems to have been a fringe phenomenon (very fringe!) until the pandemic.

 

[casebro]

Weeeelll, maybe there is some science behnd it?

Like when an antibiotic kills off a bunch of germs the debris triggers an immune system reaction, I forget the name, but it happened to me once. I felt sick and feverish.

Perhap Ivermectin kills off the patient's parasites, which triggers an immune response? The same way ANY vaccination was protective from Covid.

If that was the theory, it was worth an experiment. But it has been long since debunked.

 

[novaphile]

Weeeelll, maybe there is some science behnd it?

Like when an antibiotic kills off a bunch of germs the debris triggers an immune system reaction, I forget the name, but it happened to me once. I felt sick and feverish.

Perhap Ivermectin kills off the patient's parasites, which triggers an immune response? The same way ANY vaccination was protective from Covid.

If that was the theory, it was worth an experiment. But it has been long since debunked.

Another possibility, some parasites may actively suppress the immune system.

I can vaguely recall some research about intestinal worms reducing the severity of asthma symptoms, but can't remember the results.

Here we go, the source may not be the best, but it's something I guess:

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319786

 

[Jim_MDP]

Ivermectin is now fast becoming the new MMS (Science-Based Medicine, Mar 20, 2023)

That crap got a hefty boost mid pandemic.
I suspect some connection to it is how T got his stupid bleach idea.

 

[Orphia Nay]

That crap got a hefty boost mid pandemic.
I suspect some connection to it is how T got his stupid bleach idea.

Yes, that's what I was thinking. MMS is chlorine of some sort, and perhaps all that is the body of "work" Trump and his conspiracy theory cronies were basing their claims on.