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You know about the fraudsters publishing about ivermectin?

I know you're just trying to make a point here, but not all of the Ivermectin research was fraudulent. There was some (seemingly) legit work from India/Bangladesh where Ivermectin did significantly increase the chance of survival among COVID patients.

(To be fair, these same regions where the legit studies are from also have a high prevalence of parasitic worm infections, but it's still a poignant reminder that removing complicating factors can help heal the primary disease.)

Thank you for bringing this up because so much of the Ivermectin discourse forgets about it and I continue to be very glad that doctors in those areas have an extra tool for saving lives.

The anglosphere yelling at itself in counterproductive ways would, I presume, have happened anyway albeit over a different treatment, so this seems to me like it was at least close to a pure win and "fewer dead people" is a pretty solid win, all things considered.

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Voted for Biden

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