Yep. Did you see the byline from the AP on Tuesday from Dr. Kory's Senate Homeland Committee testimony? "Unproven alternative treatments"

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington-dc/articles/2020-12-08/johnson-touts-alternative-covid-19-treatments-at-hearing

Umm. AP did you even listen to all the data Dr. Kory shared?

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LOL

What an ignoramus. And am I to understand that the Ap is now sourcing Facebook as their factchecker? WT actual F?

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CLAIM: The antiparasitic drug ivermectin “has a miraculous effectiveness that obliterates” the transmission of COVID-19 and will prevent people from getting sick.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. There’s no evidence ivermectin has been proven a safe or effective treatment against COVID-19.

"No evidence has been shown to prove that ivermectin works against COVID-19. According to the FDA, side effects for the drug include skin rash, nausea and vomiting. "

"This is part of The Associated Press’ ongoing effort to fact-check misinformation that is shared widely online, including work with Facebook to identify and reduce the circulation of false stories on the platform."

So actually it was fact checked by facebook and verified from some lady at the Assosiated Press. Such bullshit. This will probably go out as the main narrative and will unfortunately be widely quoted.

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I'm posting the entire article, so someday historians can point out that the author, Ms. Dupuy, got this one WRONG. Articles like this tend to go away after a while.

#No evidence ivermectin is a miracle drug against COVID-19

By BEATRICE DUPUY
2020-12-11

CLAIM: The antiparasitic drug ivermectin “has a miraculous effectiveness that obliterates” the transmission of COVID-19 and will prevent people from getting sick.

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. There’s no evidence ivermectin has been proven a safe or effective treatment against COVID-19.

THE FACTS: During a Senate hearing Tuesday, a group of doctors touted alternative COVID-19 treatments, including ivermectin and the anti-malaria medication hydroxychloroquine. Medical experts have cautioned against using either of those drugs to treat COVID-19. Studies have shown that hydroxychloroquine has no benefit against the coronavirus and can have serious side effects. No evidence has been shown to prove that ivermectin works against COVID-19.

Dr. Pierre Kory, a pulmonary and critical care specialist at Aurora St Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee, described ivermectin as a “wonder drug” with immensely powerful antiviral and anti-inflammatory agents at the hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Clips of Kory’s comments on ivermectin during the hearing were shared widely on social media with one clip receiving more than 1 million views on YouTube.

Ivermectin is approved in the U. S. in tablet form to treat parasitic worms as well as a topical solution to treat external parasites. The drug is also available for animals. The U. S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health have said that the drug is not approved for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19. According to the FDA, side effects for the drug include skin rash, nausea and vomiting.

Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins University, said most of the research around ivermectin at the moment is made up of anecdotes and studies that are not the gold standard in terms of how to use ivermectin.

“We need to get much more data before we can say this is a definitive treatment, ” he said. “We would like to see more data before I recommend it to my patients. ”

Kory told the AP that he stands by the comments he made at the hearing, saying that he was not trying to promote the drug but the data around it.

In June, Australian researchers published the findings of a study that found ivermectin inhibited the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in a laboratory setting, which is not the same as testing the drug on humans or animals. Following the study, the FDA released a letter out of concern warning consumers not to self-medicate with ivermectin products intended for animals.

“It is a far cry from an in vitro lab replication to helping humans, ” said Dr. Nasia Safdar, medical director of infection prevention at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Hospital.

The discussion about the drug in the Senate hearing has some experts worried that Americans will start buying up ivermectin out of desperation. Despite a majority of evidence showing hydroxychloroquine is not an effective COVID-19 treatment, there was a rush on that drug earlier this year after President Donald Trump called it a cure. That depleted supply for those who needed the medication to treat lupus and other conditions.

In March, an Arizona couple attempted to self-medicate and took chloroquine phosphate, an additive used to clean fish tanks that is also an ingredient in hydroxychloroquine. The woman became gravely ill and the man died.

“If there is one thing we have learned in the pandemic is that we cannot jump the gun as far as determining or making assumptions about the effectiveness of potential agents, ” Safdar said.

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AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. There’s no evidence ivermectin has been proven a safe or effective treatment against COVID-19.

These vipers will face judgment. I will not pray for mercy for them.

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AP report that there is no scientific proof that Adam and Eve are dead. Until someone brings scientific proof, they are deemed to be alive and well eating apples and talking to serpents in a remote garden in an unknown location. They keep saying “Bring more evidence”.

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