What's the hysteria about Ivermectin?

Ivermectin has come under new massive attack in news, by lobbying groups and various experts since the report of an Arkansas physician successfully prescribing it in his private practice and to his incarcerated patients. Previously the drug had come under attack by Merck, whose patent for it expired in 1999 and which has recently received millions from the US government to develop a patented antiviral for COVID, with properties similar to ivermectin.

Nobel Laureate Satoshi Omura, PhD identified avermectins leading to development of Ivermectin

Ivermectin is considered a "wonder drug" and many physicians around the world have claimed using it successfully to treat their COVID patients.

It is an anti-parasite drug that has prevented blindness and other physical disabilities in tropical countries for decades. These same countries have the lowest C19 death rates in the world, and the National Institute of Health, overseen by Dr. Fauci published a report, "Covid 19 and the African Enigma" on this surprise.

Ivermectin has been shown to also have antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties.

But since it's now generic it's cheap competition against costly trial medicines, and so it's being demeaned as a horse dewormer.

The AMA and two pharmacy lobbies (pharmacists aren't allowed to practice medicine in the US) have issued a joint condemnation of using ivermectin for C19. They all just happen to have Merck and other pharmaceutical giants among corporate sponsors.

The full story here: Ivermectin ‘Wonder Drug’ and MSM: Scourge of Misinformation Must Stop.

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Fighting the Real Misinformation about the Pandemic, Vaccines, and Published Data

I have to start by saying this is the furthest topic of my comprehension, my knowledge on this topic is the least among the people I know, that's why I'll be sharing the main highlights of the latest post by the person who knows more than many you've seen talking on the media and have done an extensive study of the patterns and data published by officials and non-officials those of them who are authorized and unauthorized to speak on this topic, and the main issue how the media should handle the information.

In her latest and very lengthy article, Ms. Miri Wood sets the guides about the VAERS EUA Data and how mainstream media should fight the misinformation, here are a couple of highlights:

VAERS death data related to the COVID-19 emergency use authorization products continue to rise. The death toll is as of 23 April is 3,544 as of 23 April 2021. Misinformation about these deaths, and about the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System also continue to rise. This in-depth report has fully studied 3,186 of these deaths, shares several dozens of them with analyses, and also investigates the role that many mainstream media plays in fostering misinformation, much of which involves incorrect use of language. Multiple links to scholarly reports can be found in the APPENDICES.

The author adds:

As with Syria News first and second reports on VAERS deaths post EUA injections, this fully developed investigational missive investigates ongoing and emerging data, and provides massive documentation — including lengthy PDFs — from original source materials of the FDA, the WHO, the CDC, the NIH, the ACIP, applicable US Codes, and non-censored mainstream media, to many of which seem to have forgotten the concept of investigative journalism.

"Use of correct language is possibly the most important weapon in the battle against misinformation. Censorship incites the conspiracists."

Continue reading: VAERS EUA Data, FDA Advisory Meeting, and How MSM Should Fight Misinformation.

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