It appears he wants them to sign onto a drug that has never had a single trial run on it for this use based on the word of a doctor. It appears anecdotal evidence is all we need any more. My cousin's friend's uncle's barber's nephew heard that there was cheating in the election, so there must have been cheating. A doctor gave someone paint thinner for COVID and that person never developed COVID, so it must be a miracle cure. Below is what the AP said, I am curious why anyone finds it inaccurate:
CLAIM: The antiparasitic drug ivermectin "has a miraculous effectiveness that obliterates" the transmission of Covid-19 and will prevent people from getting sick.
THE FACTS: During a Senate hearing on Tuesday, a group of doctors touted alternative Covid-19 treatments, including ivermectin and the anti-malaria medication hydroxychloroquine. Medical experts have cautioned against using either of those drugs to treat Covid-19. Studies have shown that hydroxychloroquine has no benefit against the coronavirus and can have serious side effects. There is no evidence ivermectin has been proven a safe or effective treatment against Covid-19. Yet Dr Pierre Kory, a pulmonary and critical care specialist at Aurora St Luke's Medical Centre in Milwaukee, described ivermectin as a "wonder drug" with immensely powerful antiviral and anti-inflammatory agents at the hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Clips of Kory's comments on ivermectin during the hearing were shared widely on social media, one clip receiving more than 1 million views on YouTube. Ivermectin is approved in the US in tablet form to treat parasitic worms as well as a topical solution to treat external parasites. The drug is also available for animals. The US Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health have said the drug is not approved for the prevention or treatment of Covid-19. According to the FDA, side effects for the drug include skin rash, nausea and vomiting. Dr Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins University, said most of the research around ivermectin at the moment is made up of anecdotes and studies that are not the gold standard in terms of how to use ivermectin. "We need to get much more data before we can say this is a definitive treatment," he said. "We would like to see more data before I recommend it to my patients." Kory told the AP he stands by the comments he made at the hearing, saying he was not trying to promote the drug but the data around it. In June, Australian researchers published the findings of a study that found ivermectin inhibited the replication of Sars-CoV-2 in a laboratory setting, which is not the same as testing the drug on humans or animals. Following the study, the FDA released a letter out of concern warning consumers not to self-medicate with ivermectin products intended for animals. "It is a far cry from an in vitro lab replication to helping humans," said Dr Nasia Safdar, medical director of infection prevention at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Hospital. The discussion about the drug in the Senate hearing has some experts worried that Americans will start buying up ivermectin out of desperation. Despite a majority of evidence showing hydroxychloroquine is not an effective Covid-19 treatment, there was a rush on that drug earlier this year after President Donald Trump called it a cure. That depleted supply for those who needed the medication to treat lupus and other conditions. "If there is one thing we have learned in the pandemic is that we cannot jump the gun as far as determining or making assumptions about the effectiveness of potential agents," Safdar said.
A look at false and misleading claims circulating as the United States moves closer to approving a COVID-19 vaccine and distribution is underway in the United Kingdom.
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