Why Has "Ivermectin" Become a Dirty Word?At the worst possible moment, Internet censorship has driven scientific debate itself underground
On December 8, 2020, when most of America was consumed with what The Guardian called Donald Trump's "desperate, mendacious, frenzied and sometimes farcical" attempt to remain president, the Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on the "Medical Response to Covid-19." One of the witnesses, a pulmonologist from Milwaukee's St. Luke's Aurora Medical Center named Dr. Pierre Kory, insisted he had great news. "We have a solution to this crisis," he said unequivocally. "There is a drug that is proving to have a miraculous impact." Kory, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Medical School, was referring to an FDA-approved medicine called ivermectin. A genuine wonder drug in other realms, ivermectin has all but eliminated parasitic diseases like river blindness and elephantiasis, helping discoverer Satoshi Ōmura win the Nobel Prize in 2015. As far as its uses in the pandemic went, however, research was still scant. Could it really be a magic Covid-19 bullet? Kory had been trying to make such a case, but complained to the Senate that public efforts had been stifled, because "every time we mention ivermectin, we get put in Facebook jail." A Catch-22 seemed to be ensnaring science. With the world desperate for news about an unprecedented disaster, Silicon Valley had essentially decided to disallow discussion of a potential solution — disallow calls for more research and more study — because not enough research and study had been done. Once, people weren't allowed to take drugs before they got FDA approval. Now, they can't talk about them. "I want to try to be respectful because I think the intention is correct," Kory told the committee. "They want to cut down on misinformation, and many doctors are claiming X, Y, and Z work in this disease. The challenge is, you're also silencing those of us who are expert, reasoned, researched, and extremely knowledgeable." .... |
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BREAKING NEWSJune 17, 2021 |
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GTB = Go to Bangalore model...
— Affable Misanthrope (@mea_gulpa) June 6, 2021
If you fall sick go to Bangalore (healthcare model)
If you want to study go to Bangalore (education model)
If you want job go to Bangalore (economic model)
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Of course when in Bangalore don't forget to preach merits of communism 😎
