fiestavike wrote: ↑Thu Nov 18, 2021 11:50 am
The question to me is why are the medical experts being ignored, and why is a false consensus being declared?
That's not how medical science works, or any science works, for that matter.
Science works when someone proposes a theory (e.g. Ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID), designs and conducts an independent, double blind, verifiable and reproduceable study to provide evidence to support or refute the theory, and then publishes those results where other independent researchers can verify the design and data and reproduce the results on their own.
So when you write that a "false consensus is being declared", that doesn't make sense to me. There is no consensus beyond others validating the results of the original study.
Either those promoting a given course of treatment have gone through those steps and review process or they have not, and if they have not it doesn't matter how many "experts" are recommending a given treatment, it's not a proven treatment.
fiestavike wrote: ↑Thu Nov 18, 2021 11:50 am
And why it is being declared by media folks and not medical folks? It's very strange.
This whole notion that there is a "media" out there working in concert to craft some narrative is beyond me.
There are definitely some "media" outlets that have monetary incentives for riling people up and even promoting blatantly false narratives with the goal of getting more attention and advertising dollars.
But the process of validating medical studies has nothing to do with the concept of media "spin". Either something objectively works and can be demonstrated factually and independently or it doesn't. Any media that reports the facts of such studies is doing just that - reporting the facts.
And media that is "reporting" anecdotal evidence or outright promoting "studies" that are in fact not validated, or any medical "expert" who is doing that, should be ignored.
Bottom line - Ivermectin is still a drug. Supplements are still produced by those with profit motives as well. Lots of doctors in this country get what can be considered outright kickbacks from the pharmaceutical industry for prescribing drugs, and just because someone is a licensed doctor doesn't make them a moral person. The vast majority are, of course, but some aren't. As with all consumer transactions, let the buyer beware.
I have yet to read one independent, validated medical study showing either Ivermectin or Hydroxychoroquine have any positive correlation on COVID infection outcomes, either as a prophylactic or to mitigate outcomes after infection. All the "studies" that promoted such claims for either drug have fallen apart upon independent scrutiny. That is simple fact.