Stephan: No one seems to be talking about it much anymore but on average 1,000 people a day are dying of Covid, overwhelmingly the unvaccinated. Here are the CDC statistics as of 7 March 2022, the latest report I can find:
"The CDC reports demographic characteristics, including race/ethnicity, of people receiving COVID-19 vaccinations at the national level, including both people who have received one dose and people who have been recently vaccinated (initiated within the last 14 days). As of March 7, 2022, CDC reported that race/ethnicity was known for 74% of people who had received at least one dose of the vaccine. White people make up a smaller share of people who have received at least one dose (55%) and people who have recently received a vaccination (31%) compared to their share of the total population (61%). Black people make up 10% of people who have received at least one dose of the vaccine compared to 12% of the total population; their share of people who have received a vaccination in the last fourteen days is higher at 16%. Hispanic people make up a larger share of vaccinated people (21%) and people who recently received a vaccination (38%) compared to their share of the total population (17%). The share of vaccinated people who are Asian is similar to their share of the total population (7%, and 6%, respectively), while they make up a slightly higher share (8%) of people initiating vaccination in the last 14 days."
Now we also have a properly done research protocol of Ivermectin, the favorite drug of MAGAt world and the unvaccinated. And the outcome? It is of no use whatever treating Covid. I don't expect that to have any effect on the choices of the unvaccinated. You just can't cure stupidity with facts.
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Researchers testing repurposed drugs against Covid-19 found that ivermectin didn’t reduce hospital admissions, in the largest trial yet of the effect of the antiparasitic on the disease driving the pandemic.
Ivermectin has received a lot of attention as a potential treatment for Covid-19 including from celebrities such as podcast host Joe Rogan. Most evidence has shown it to be ineffective against Covid-19 or has relied on data of poor quality, infectious-disease researchers said. Public-health authorities and researchers have for months said the drug hasn’t shown any benefit in treating the disease. Taking large doses of the drug is dangerous, the Food and Drug Administration has said.
The latest trial, of nearly 1,400 Covid-19 patients at risk of severe disease, is the largest to show that those who received ivermectin as a treatment didn’t fare better than those who received a placebo.
“There was no indication that ivermectin is clinically useful,” said Edward Mills, one of the study’s lead researchers and a professor of health sciences […]
BadPharma corruption is apolitical. Wasnt Operation Warp Speed MAGA? They buy politicians from both sides. And bureaucrats in office, studies, no problem. Generic drug? Cant work, even if it does.
BadPharma corruption is apolitical. Wasn
t Operation Warp Speed MAGA? They buy politicians from both sides. And bureaucrats in office, studies, no problem. Generic drug? Cant work, even if it does.