So Alexandria Ocasio Cortez has Covid

ClinicalTrails.gov.  link

Brief Summary:
The newly emerged corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread to all over the world, with recent estimates of more than 236 million cases diagnosed and led to 4.8 million deaths as November 20211 .Therapeutic approaches are needed to improve outcomes in patients with COVID-19 since no antiviral agent has yet been proved to be conclusively beneficial in COVID-19 infection,especially in patients with mild to moderate degree of severity There has been growing interest in the anti-parasitic drug,ivermectin, which previously was studied as an antiviral, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer actions2 .It was also reported to have an in-vitro activity against SARS-CoV-23 .Its antiviral properties was due to the action on importin 2/1 mediated nuclear transport. Ivermectin prevents the binding of viral proteins to importin 2/1 rendering the viral proteins unable to enter the nucleus and cause infection4.

Several clinical studies have found a beneficial effect of ivermectin in COVID-195-9 However, some study did not find significant difference between the patient group receiving ivermectin and control group10 .Until now, the controlled trials evaluating ivermectin in COVID-19 are lacking. Ivermectin is safe, with reported side effect of less than 1%. Hence it is essential to conduct a clinical trial with ivermectin in patients with COVID-19 .The objective of this study is to establish the efficacy of ivermectin for COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate disease, compare to usual case alone.


The last study was dated 12/1/2021.  And based on the bolded part as of 12/1/2021 they still don’t know the how well the drug will work for people with COVID-19.  And that is why it hasn’t been approved by the FDA.  Which means people SHOULD NOT be taking it until all the clinical trials are finished and it’s been approved by the FDA.

At this point it’s just like all the other potential drugs/vaccines for use against COVID-19 that are still in the clinical trial stage.

And yet you have all these idiots rushing to take this drug and ignoring the vaccines that went through the process I described and were approved by the FDA.

That is just plain stupid.

It's not just her opinion. It's the opinion of the vast majority of reputable virologists and epidemiologist on the planet based on credible studies thus far.

But I'm sure your YouTube quacks have somehow figured out something all those scientists missed ...

Why would anyone be against “lessening the effects” of an illness?

So when you want to just get back out there and “live” with Covid, do you mean businesses get more help with improving ventilation and sanitizing and sick leave for employees, improving access to quality tests and masks, or do you just mean who cares about the thousands of people dying daily and those ending up with long Covid or life long lasting impacts?

That is a such a valid question. By some posts, by some peas, one would get the impression that they'd rather have no in-betweens.
In their world it appears that they either want people to die from Covid or not get it at all. They have no patience for "that grey area" where those who get infected have milder symptoms and survive (thanks to the vaccines).

It's a view I just cannot wrap my brain around.

They really don’t.

This thinking showed up in snarky meme form, in my FB feed today.


So because omicron is so much more contagious, my vaxxed and boostered chances of getting it have increased, it somehow renders a vaccine that will STILL more that likely keep me from dying or needing hospitalization, as completely useless?

Sterilizing immunity exists with very few vaccines, even the current polio one - which has been effective enough without it to eradicate it in almost all countries.

What lies are being told today or since President Biden took office about COVID-19?  Enlighten us.

I have no further time to give someone you, who actively wishes death on people who don't agree with you. 

Just exactly what opinion are you thanking me for?

The information about the clinical trials on your favorite drug?  That’s not my opinion that is data from the most recent trial.

Is it not taking drugs that haven’t been approved by the FDA?  If it is, that’s just common sense.  That falls into the category of not eating mushrooms you find in nature without knowing what type they are or putting your hand over an open flame or jumping off a cliff and expecting to survive.

So when you’re shown to be wrong, you want now to back up and say you were playing devil’s advocate. Sure.

If you can’t understand the benefit of prevention vs treatment after the fact, you need to go back and revisit those science books. If you “get the mortality rates are different” (and presumably you also get that the long term effects can be very different), you’d have to monumentally stupid not to want to prevent this disease rather than waiting around for treatments.

Your views on the last administration vs. this one come from a deep well of misinformation. You might want to look into that.

Oh and holding up the idiots running South Dakota as some kind of common sense model is laughable. That makes as much sense as saying that the leaders of Texas and Florida have done a great job. Pay fucking attention.

No but he was the president when COVID first reached our shores and his incompetence that he showed in the handling of the virus at the beginning along with him and his buddies politicizing the handling of the virus is one of the main reasons this country has to constantly play catch up two + years into this pandemic.

They can't even predict the flu: www.cnn.com/2021/12/16/health/flu-vaccine-mismatch/index.html

They keep getting schooled when they come over here w/innuendo and half-truths. Yet they keep spreading them.

I remember when Trump wanted to close the borders in January 2020 and he was ridiculed as a xenophobe.