The whole ivermectin thing was always based on shoddy evidence. A few small, awful trials, some of which now appear to be entirely fraud
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Even at the start, it was all based on one entirely fraudulent preprint created by the Surgisphere crowd. The entire story, start to finish, is FILLED with fraud!pic.twitter.com/XqNtGiwj4m
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So emotionally, the place I'm at is HOW THE FUCK DID WE ALL FAIL SO BADLY. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TREATED WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN ENTIRELY USELESS MEDICATION FOR COVID-19, WE'VE SPENT BILLIONS ON THIS FOR YEARS WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO BASIC DUE DILIGENCE AN
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*Deep breath* So, yes. I'm trying not to go down that hole. Because this whole situation is an absolute nightmare
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Oh also, people keep saying "but we had to do SOMETHING" and I'm just like...no you didn't? There are hundreds of *somethings* you could do, most of them would be harmful, how do you reach into that bag and pick out ivermectin as opposed to anything else?
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That's literally WHY WE DO CLINICAL TRIALS. TO FIND OUT IF SOMETHING WORKS OR NOT Ugh. See? Yelling again. Back to treating this more academically I guess
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I mean, I deeply, deeply hope that ivermectin works, but it really doesn't look like it does. Because a) that'd be fantastic and b) because otherwise we've failed SO BADLY
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The people that have latched onto ivermectin while not taking Pfizer, Moderna, or J&J because the FDA hasn’t approved them is staggering. I’m like, btches, ivermectin will NEVER be approved but you’re touting it? WTF is wrong with people??
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We know Gideon. Somebody has to ‘not to care’
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