Ivermectin DOES NOT cure covid. Is that clear? Is everyone on the same page here?
What does ivermectin do? It kills parasites. It’s very very good at killing parasites. Just so I’m clear and there is no doubt in anyone’s mind. IVERMECTIN KILLS PARASITES. It does not cure covid.
People with compromised immune systems have difficulty fighting off infections. Here’s an example. People with cancer taking anti-cancer drugs are told to be very careful not to get sick. With cancer and many anti-cancer drugs on board their immune systems may be, probably are, compromised. The cancer might not kill them but without a fully functioning immune system contracting the flu could.
Parasites compromise immune systems. Not all, a few parasites are symbiotic or basically benign. Those sorts of parasites are not part of this hypothesis. I’m writing about parasites that are detrimental to the body. Parasites the immune system fights and is run down by. Run down such that it has trouble fighting off an opportunistic infection.
Some reading this can see where I’m going and already have your dander up because the conclusion throws a wench in your dogmatic belief that Ivermectin does not cure covid. I believe I made that clear but just in case. Ivermectin does not cure covid.
There are four assertions.
— Ivermectin does not cure covid.
— Ivermectin kills parasites.
— Some parasites compromise the immune system.
— Compromised immune systems have more trouble fighting off infection than do fully functional immune systems.
If someone with deleterious parasites on board is further infected, say by a virus, they will have more difficulty fighting off that virus than someone who is otherwise health. Parasites are a co-morbidity. People with co-morbidities don’t do as well fighting covid as people without co-morbidities.
India and Bangladesh, where pretty much all the few examples of ivermectin helping with covid come from, are filled with intestinal parasites. Some intestinal parasites are really bad for people. They wear them down and open them up to opportunistic infections that are hard to fight off.
The hypothesis. Ivermectin kills parasites. Parasites compromise the immune system. Compromised immune systems have trouble fighting off viral infections. Kill the parasites, the immune system recovers and the viral infection is defeated by the now stronger immune system. Not by Ivermectin. Ivermectin DOES NOT cure covid.
Here’s the link.
The great thing about this hypothesis is it’s super simple easy to prove and I expect that proof will be along shortly.
Get vaccinated and get your boosters. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. If you have worms, get treated for them.
I’m told I shouldn’t publish this. That dKos is mired in group think. That anything that undermines that group think, especially when it’s based on reality and reason will trigger reflexive anger leading to the punishment of the messenger. If that’s true dKos is doomed.
From what I’ve read most people here claim to be rational imperisists. You can’t use reason to reason with someone who doesn’t use reason to reason. There’s a link with an extended analysis of the evidence and mostly lack of evidence. There’s reasoning. There’s observations that are explained by the hypothesis. It’s not just a conjecture, it’s a hypothesis because it can be definitively tested. If it’s false it will get tossed. If it tests out it will be used by the medical community to explain the observations. True or false it will have no effect on people unable to keep an open mind.