Not that I know if. I'm a layman I know pretty much nothing in that field so I'm just having a hard time dismissing the whole Ivermectin thing. Especially now that Merck will make a boatload of money with their new drug.

If I was Merck and I had a drug #1 that costs a few cents that might work and I can develop a new drug #2 that will cost $1000, then I'd probably not look into #1 much simply for financial reasons.

That might not be how it works but I simply don't know that.

I mean I think "some large entity (government, pharma company, facebook, etc) is screwing us over to make a ton of money or enact their agenda" is an idea that most people are pretty happy to subscribe to across the political spectrum, particularly in America.

Part of it is because we can see this shit happening in real time now - Epipen prices getting jacked up by the daughter of the currently-most-consequential senator (Manchin), who is basically refusing to enact even basic Democratic agenda items particularly in regards to healthcare, etc etc.

These theories just take on a different flavor depending where you are on the political spectrum. If you're on the right, Facebook is silencing right wing voices. if you're on the left, Facebook is silencing left wing voices, etc.