IvanKaramazov
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Which one has less empirical support: mask mandates, or ivermectin?
Thanks for the response. I don’t believe in most conspiracy theories and tend to put my trust in medical experts.@LawFitz[/USER] what are your thoughts about this versus what you posted previously?
See my last post, just above.
Is neither an option?Which one has less empirical support: mask mandates, or ivermectin?
There's a LOT of **** the experts got wrong.
A LOT. Here's another that's been evident for a while, but the brainwashing on this was deep and powerful, unfortunately...
Robby Starbuck
@robbystarbuck
Fauci’s NIH now lists IVERMECTIN as an antiviral therapy to treat COVID. The most recent study in Brazil of 88,012 people found Ivermectin cut the chance of COVID death by 92%. Now’s a good time to think about the censorship, pharmacy bans on it and hate people got for using it.
Do you actually read/vet source before you share them or just blindly re-share if it fits your agenda?
I only ask because the one you shared is pretty clearly fake news. His screen grab claims something that isn't true, ivermectin is NOT mentioned as a treatment on the NIH page that he links to, like he claims.
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It was listed on that site at the time of the tweet and they later removed it to continue your brainwashing. Before Covid, they considered Ivermectin a ground breaking wonder drug, and deployed it worldwide to humans in the billions without issue.
Ivermectin, ‘Wonder drug’ from Japan: the human use perspective - PMC
Discovered in the late-1970s, the pioneering drug ivermectin, a dihydro derivative of avermectin—originating solely from a single microorganism isolated at the Kitasato Intitute, Tokyo, Japan from Japanese soil—has had an immeasurably beneficial ...www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Suddenly post-Covid it's just a horse dewormer. Yeah, right. IVM worked wonders on Covid in India and Brazil among masses. It also worked wonders on Covid here in the USA, but sadly, only for the few of us that were aware to take it.
Thanks for the response. I don’t believe in most conspiracy theories and tend to put my trust in medical experts.@LawFitz[/USER] what are your thoughts about this versus what you posted previously?
See my last post, just above.
Just making sure I've got this all correct?
Just making sure I've got this all correct?
You missed the part about the study that showed 90%+ effectiveness against death in a group of 80k+ in Brazil. And the IVM miracle in Uttar Pradesh, India. And all the doctors who have been using it to effectively treat Covid the last two years. And the institutional opinions about IVM pre-Covid. Here it is again... Miracle antiviral. What kind of bug is Covid again?
Ivermectin, ‘Wonder drug’ from Japan: the human use perspective - PMC
Discovered in the late-1970s, the pioneering drug ivermectin, a dihydro derivative of avermectin—originating solely from a single microorganism isolated at the Kitasato Intitute, Tokyo, Japan from Japanese soil—has had an immeasurably beneficial ...www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
And don't take offense to the term brainwashed. It's what they do. Intentionally and with unbelievably great effect. It's their fault, not yours, unless/until you start becoming belligerent to people like me who try in good faith to help. As said, it's easier to fool a man than it is to convince him he's been fooled. Slowly but surely the truth is trickling out everywhere else online, except it seems this forum where too many folks seem cognitively dissonant when it comes to anything that counters their dogma about trusting 'The Science.' Sadly, science has been corrupted by financial and political interests.![]()
I was referring to the NIH study, not the Brazilian study, as that is the study relevant to his tweeted claim.
Which one has less empirical support: mask mandates, or ivermectin?
You can't say "don't take offense" when you call someone brainwashed. You are putting yourself in an enlightened position talking down to others. You quickly posted that a "trusted" source with the NIH stated it was an effective treatment for COVID until someone pointed out that it was a fake tweet. Rather than admit that you posted something without fully reading it, you doubled down and said it was on the NIH site until they realized it was hampering brainwashing efforts. In an effort to add legitimacy to your claim, you searched for ivermectin on the NIH site, and found an article calling it a wonder drug. I read the entire article, and it is a wonder drug that moved from the animal world to human use... for removing parasites (Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic filariasis). It is a helpful drug for that, but there have been no legitimate studies proving ivermectin as a wonder drug for COVID.Just making sure I've got this all correct?
You missed the part about the study that showed 90%+ effectiveness against death in a group of 80k+ in Brazil. And the IVM miracle in Uttar Pradesh, India. And all the doctors who have been using it to effectively treat Covid the last two years. And the institutional opinions about IVM pre-Covid. Here it is again... Miracle antiviral. What kind of bug is Covid again?
Ivermectin, ‘Wonder drug’ from Japan: the human use perspective - PMC
Discovered in the late-1970s, the pioneering drug ivermectin, a dihydro derivative of avermectin—originating solely from a single microorganism isolated at the Kitasato Intitute, Tokyo, Japan from Japanese soil—has had an immeasurably beneficial ...www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
And don't take offense to the term brainwashed. It's what they do. Intentionally and with unbelievably great effect. It's their fault, not yours, unless/until you start becoming belligerent to people like me who try in good faith to help. As said, it's easier to fool a man than it is to convince him he's been fooled. Slowly but surely the truth is trickling out everywhere else online, except it seems this forum where too many folks seem cognitively dissonant when it comes to anything that counters their dogma about trusting 'The Science.' Sadly, science has been corrupted by financial and political interests.![]()
All points made the last time this "study" was brought up.The Brazilian "study" in question was observational only, wasn't randomized, the "data" is from mid-2020, there was only 283 cases among the people taking ivermectin, it wasn't dose controlled, and uses post-hoc analysis to come to a conclusion. The "study" design is a classic example of data-dredging, and would never ever be published in any reputable journal. It also was looking at ivermectin for prophylaxis, not for treatment.
The "study" is "published' on a site that anyone can pay a fee and submit their paper. It would never survive peer review done by a medical student, let alone a medical journal.
And it wasn't a study of 88,012 people, try reading the paper. All post-hoc analysis.
Ivermectin subsequently went through numerous well-designed randomized controlled trials done by multiple countries and published in reputable journals, for both prophylaxis and treatment, and was found to be ineffective.
Which one has less empirical support: mask mandates, or ivermectin?
Just making sure I've got this all correct?
You missed the part about the study that showed 90%+ effectiveness against death in a group of 80k+ in Brazil. And the IVM miracle in Uttar Pradesh, India. And all the doctors who have been using it to effectively treat Covid the last two years. And the institutional opinions about IVM pre-Covid. Here it is again... Miracle antiviral. What kind of bug is Covid again?
Ivermectin, ‘Wonder drug’ from Japan: the human use perspective - PMC
Discovered in the late-1970s, the pioneering drug ivermectin, a dihydro derivative of avermectin—originating solely from a single microorganism isolated at the Kitasato Intitute, Tokyo, Japan from Japanese soil—has had an immeasurably beneficial ...www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
And don't take offense to the term brainwashed. It's what they do. Intentionally and with unbelievably great effect. It's their fault, not yours, unless/until you start becoming belligerent to people like me who try in good faith to help. As said, it's easier to fool a man than it is to convince him he's been fooled. Slowly but surely the truth is trickling out everywhere else online, except it seems this forum where too many folks seem cognitively dissonant when it comes to anything that counters their dogma about trusting 'The Science.' Sadly, science has been corrupted by financial and political interests.![]()
I was referring to the NIH study, not the Brazilian study, as that is the study relevant to his tweeted claim.
With that clarified, was my recounting of the exchange accurate?
1) He wrongly claimed NIH listed Ivermectin as effective
2) You shared his post without looking at the source
3) He was wrong, NIH never approved it as effective, just it was evaluating it.
4) That NIH evaluation found Ivermectin to be ineffective
5) You called us brainwashed despite sharing obviously false tweets without verifying the source
If any of the 5 points I shared are incorrect please show me where I was wrong
He is reluctant to talk about it because of all the people who were harassing him and his family saying that he was actually dead and that there was some big coverup/conspiracy.So is it acceptable now to ask what happened to Damar Hamlin? Commotio Cordis is highly unlikely, so what was it that caused this young man to cardiac arrest?
He himself seems to have an idea but is very reluctant to share. Interesting.
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No.So Idaho is making it a criminal act to administer an mRNA vaccine?
If it fits the narrative, why not?So I thought the vaccine causing heart issues was supposed to be soon after it was administered, are people now saying that if you were vaccinated 9 months ago, heart issues will develop 9 months, a year later?
Seemed a pretty obvious joke / statement about trains being gross.On one level, we should all be glad that we've finally reached the point where people are instantly forced to walk this sort of thing back when they get called on it.A "joke". Sure buddy
On the other hand, these are the people who were going to court to force school-children to wear masks against the wishes of local elected officials. Now they're very sad to know that people might be making fun of them in the privacy of their own thoughts. A tiny serving of karma never hurt anybody.
So I thought the vaccine causing heart issues was supposed to be soon after it was administered, are people now saying that if you were vaccinated 9 months ago, heart issues will develop 9 months, a year later?
What type of business, specifically?My business is through the roof. I can't keep up. Not a flex.
I do peripheral and coronary cases. I see vaccinated, unvaccinated. Boosted, boosted once, not boosted. Younger than ever.
Either the vaccination does not help in this regard, or causes the same in this regard, or doesn't prevent these symptoms when the vaccinated get covid.
Whatever your take is, I don't see the moral high horse here.
My business is through the roof. I can't keep up. Not a flex.
I do peripheral and coronary cases. I see vaccinated, unvaccinated. Boosted, boosted once, not boosted. Younger than ever.
Either the vaccination does not help in this regard, or causes the same in this regard, or doesn't prevent these symptoms when the vaccinated get covid.
Whatever your take is, I don't see the moral high horse here.
The ivermectin advocates influenced other people to use ivermectin instead of getting an mrna vaccine. So did the hydroxychloroquinine advocates before them. Both of those were and are fake treatments, and the advocates influenced and pressured other people to refuse mrna vaccines and take them.Another way to put it is that the ivermectin people were wrong, but they were wrong in a way that didn't inflict much harm on others. They bore most of those costs themselves. Anti-vaxxers are wrong IMO, but again they're wrong in a way that mostly (not entirely) just affects them.
If I'm understanding you correctly you're saying what @LawFitz said about ivermectin being a miracle drug is a lie.I'll help:I tried googling but can’t find a link for this. Got anything I can read up on Fauci/NIH approval?Robby Starbuck
@robbystarbuck
Fauci’s NIH now lists IVERMECTIN as an antiviral therapy to treat COVID. The most recent study in Brazil of 88,012 people found Ivermectin cut the chance of COVID death by 92%. Now’s a good time to think about the censorship, pharmacy bans on it and hate people got for using it.
Wow the brainwashing regarding Ivermectin was so strong that even now you guys are ripe with misinformation about what is truly a miracle drug. Amazing.
Here's the tweet from September 2022: https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1566087211442999299
here's the study (on some site called Cureus??): https://www.cureus.com/articles/111...ly-controlled-population-of-88012-subjects#!/
Here's the page (according to tweet replies IVM was at one time listed on the page in a paragraph of text as "under review" and has since been removed):![]()
Antivirals, Including Antibody Products | COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines
These sections summarize the data on antiviral agents, including remdesivir, ritonavir-boosted nirmatrelvir, and anti-SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies.www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov
That's already answered over in the Shark Pool. But go ahead and be ghoulish.So is it acceptable now to ask what happened to Damar Hamlin?
No, a couple lawmakers introduced a bill to try to get press attention of their virtue signalling to morons.So Idaho is making it a criminal act to administer an mRNA vaccine?
How about asking a more honest question:Which one has less empirical support: mask mandates, or ivermectin?
And the NIH did in fact list IVM as a Covid treatment at that time.
What type of business, specifically?My business is through the roof. I can't keep up. Not a flex.
I do peripheral and coronary cases. I see vaccinated, unvaccinated. Boosted, boosted once, not boosted. Younger than ever.
Either the vaccination does not help in this regard, or causes the same in this regard, or doesn't prevent these symptoms when the vaccinated get covid.
Whatever your take is, I don't see the moral high horse here.
I work in a hospital, and haven’t noticed an uptick in vascular pathology among younger people, independent of traditional risk factors. Definitely not anything temporally related to vaccination. I have seen a smattering of vascular/cardiac events in actively/recently infected people though.
My good friend, a cardiologist, has been busy (like virtually all healthcare workers), but he hasn’t noticed what you describe, either.
New paper on COVID's major role in increased cardiac events.
"New study on deceased covid patients shows that Covid causes heart damage that may lead to 'sudden cardiac death' and gives an eye opening look at fibrosis of the heart in covid patients."
That's already answered over in the Shark Pool. But go ahead and be ghoulish.So is it acceptable now to ask what happened to Damar Hamlin?
observed incident rate for vaccinated folks who have never been diagnosed with covid
I mean this is a known thing right? Even anecdotal i know of two guys about my age with heart issues that suddenly dropped dead a month or two after COVID. Was pretty sure this was the main factor in excess mortality?New paper on COVID's major role in increased cardiac events.
"New study on deceased covid patients shows that Covid causes heart damage that may lead to 'sudden cardiac death' and gives an eye opening look at fibrosis of the heart in covid patients."
what @LawFitz said about ivermectin being a miracle drug is a lie.
two guys about my age with heart issues that suddenly dropped dead a month or two after COVID. Was pretty sure this was the main factor in excess mortality?
Just making sure I've got this all correct?
You missed the part about the study that showed 90%+ effectiveness against death in a group of 80k+ in Brazil. And the IVM miracle in Uttar Pradesh, India. And all the doctors who have been using it to effectively treat Covid the last two years. And the institutional opinions about IVM pre-Covid. Here it is again... Miracle antiviral. What kind of bug is Covid again?
Ivermectin, ‘Wonder drug’ from Japan: the human use perspective - PMC
Discovered in the late-1970s, the pioneering drug ivermectin, a dihydro derivative of avermectin—originating solely from a single microorganism isolated at the Kitasato Intitute, Tokyo, Japan from Japanese soil—has had an immeasurably beneficial ...www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
And don't take offense to the term brainwashed. It's what they do. Intentionally and with unbelievably great effect. It's their fault, not yours, unless/until you start becoming belligerent to people like me who try in good faith to help. As said, it's easier to fool a man than it is to convince him he's been fooled. Slowly but surely the truth is trickling out everywhere else online, except it seems this forum where too many folks seem cognitively dissonant when it comes to anything that counters their dogma about trusting 'The Science.' Sadly, science has been corrupted by financial and political interests.![]()
I was referring to the NIH study, not the Brazilian study, as that is the study relevant to his tweeted claim.
With that clarified, was my recounting of the exchange accurate?
1) He wrongly claimed NIH listed Ivermectin as effective
2) You shared his post without looking at the source
3) He was wrong, NIH never approved it as effective, just it was evaluating it.
4) That NIH evaluation found Ivermectin to be ineffective
5) You called us brainwashed despite sharing obviously false tweets without verifying the source
If any of the 5 points I shared are incorrect please show me where I was wrong
And the NIH did in fact list IVM as a Covid treatment at that time.
Except it wasn't.
Did your source claim it was:
1) it was listed as an antiviral treatment
2) it was being evaluated for use as an antiviral treatment
(We all know the answer, just want to hear you say it).
Or you can keep tap dancing around the facts because you got caught sharing fake news. Again.![]()
Sometimes antibodies do not prevent cell entry and, on rare occasions, they may actually increase the ability of a virus to enter cells and cause a worsening of disease through a mechanism called antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE).
Researchers from Columbia University in New York City examined autopsied heart tissue from people who had Covid, and found that the infection damaged the way cells in the heart regulate levels of calcium, a mineral that plays an important role in how the organ contracts and pumps blood throughout the body. In another part of the study, the same damage was seen in mice with Covid ...
When a person is infected with Covid, the immune system launches a hefty inflammatory response in an effort to fight off the virus. That inflammation, the new study found, disrupts how calcium is stored in the heart.
Calcium ions — a version of the element that carry a positive charge — are important messengers that regulate heart function, including how quickly and how forcefully the organ contracts. These ions are stored inside cells, on deck for when the body needs to use them. They’re released through channels in the cellular membrane, which ensures that just the right amount of calcium can get out.
The damage caused by inflammation during a Covid infection appears to prop these channels open, letting too much calcium leak from the cells of the heart, said Dr. Andrew Marks, a cardiologist and biophysics professor at Columbia University who co-led the study. This flood of calcium, he said, can decrease heart function and even cause fatal arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.
Although inflammation of the heart is a rare but documented side effect of the mRNA Covid vaccines, the study looked only at heart tissue from autopsies before vaccines were available.
“Whatever changes we saw were because of infection,” Marks said, adding that the new study was small, and the next step was to conduct the research on a larger scale.
Just making sure I've got this all correct?
You missed the part about the study that showed 90%+ effectiveness against death in a group of 80k+ in Brazil. And the IVM miracle in Uttar Pradesh, India. And all the doctors who have been using it to effectively treat Covid the last two years. And the institutional opinions about IVM pre-Covid. Here it is again... Miracle antiviral. What kind of bug is Covid again?
Ivermectin, ‘Wonder drug’ from Japan: the human use perspective - PMC
Discovered in the late-1970s, the pioneering drug ivermectin, a dihydro derivative of avermectin—originating solely from a single microorganism isolated at the Kitasato Intitute, Tokyo, Japan from Japanese soil—has had an immeasurably beneficial ...www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
And don't take offense to the term brainwashed. It's what they do. Intentionally and with unbelievably great effect. It's their fault, not yours, unless/until you start becoming belligerent to people like me who try in good faith to help. As said, it's easier to fool a man than it is to convince him he's been fooled. Slowly but surely the truth is trickling out everywhere else online, except it seems this forum where too many folks seem cognitively dissonant when it comes to anything that counters their dogma about trusting 'The Science.' Sadly, science has been corrupted by financial and political interests.![]()
I was referring to the NIH study, not the Brazilian study, as that is the study relevant to his tweeted claim.
With that clarified, was my recounting of the exchange accurate?
1) He wrongly claimed NIH listed Ivermectin as effective
2) You shared his post without looking at the source
3) He was wrong, NIH never approved it as effective, just it was evaluating it.
4) That NIH evaluation found Ivermectin to be ineffective
5) You called us brainwashed despite sharing obviously false tweets without verifying the source
If any of the 5 points I shared are incorrect please show me where I was wrong
And the NIH did in fact list IVM as a Covid treatment at that time.
Except it wasn't.
Did your source claim it was:
1) it was listed as an antiviral treatment
2) it was being evaluated for use as an antiviral treatment
(We all know the answer, just want to hear you say it).
Or you can keep tap dancing around the facts because you got caught sharing fake news. Again.![]()
It's weird how Law Fitz keeps hiding from being caught posting blatantly fake news... again.
NIH posted IVM at that time as a Covid treatment. Then they conveniently removed it, which you conveniently keep dismissing.
checks notes:What year is this?