[mvonfr]

Stop calling ivermectin a dewormer, WXYZ. Whole nations use it for a myriad of ailments. Makes you look ignorant.

I would not agree, sorry. It is indeed mainly used as an anti-parasite medicine and is labeled as such.

And yes, it has some intriguing properties, as antiviral, quite likely anticancer, cf.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043661820315152

And -- as a logical guess -- perhaps a suppressant for vaccine-induced cancers.

But for now it is still anti-parasitic. Just like doxycycline is an antibiotic despite being quite powerful against some non-bacterial illnesses.

[madison10]

Maybe so, but stating that every time ivermectin is in a story is misleading, as if that is its only purpose and cannot possibly work against COVID.

[Myrddin]

Ivermectin is a 3CL protease inhibitor. One molecule of ivermectin per protease. The 3CL protease chops up the polyprotein coming off the ribosomes as the viral RNA is being read. This prevents functional proteins from being generated by the virus.

[polishprince]

Then I guess you need to be consistent and say that anyone who takes warfarin/Coumadin as a blood thinner for heart issues takes rat poison.warfarin originally started as a rat poison before it revolutionized cardiac care. So if you want to call ivermectin a dewormer call warfarin a rat poison

[Texas Fossil]

Wrong. I saw it first hand with my 95 year old father, in December 2020.

It works. Period.

The rest is noise.

He was prescribed 3mg Ivermectin 4-X per day for 3 days.

On fourth day, Zero symptoms.

He had lots of Co-Morbidities. And he beat Covid.