Merck says COVID-19 pill may not be as effective as they thought

I wondered about putting it in capsules.

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Not worth the trouble, plus it would be a mess. Just use the syringe & squeeze it out on a spoon. It is not bitter or anything, tastes vaguely like apple. I would suggest having either a mouthful of food or something to drink (couple of swallows will do it). Just take it off the spoon & drink/eat something & you’re good/done. I was surprised when I first took it - thought it would be ‘bitter’, but it’s really not. Also, I was a little worried about maybe some stomach upset .... nothing. I have an iron stomach while my mom’s is very sensitive. She started with symptoms a week after I got sick so she started ivermectin immediately (the first day of symptoms). She had no issues at all with it - for 2 days, her very mild symptoms stayed about the same & then they started going away.

If you can get a prescription for ivermectin, please go that route. Our docs were asked specifically if they would treat early outpatient and the answer was “no”. So .... horse paste it was. We could have gone the telemedicine route & if we hadn’t improved so quickly, I would have called (still within the early treatment window) someone (FLCCC or myfreedoctor etc.) because they use a multi-drug approach. Also, we have been prophylacting for months on Dr. Zelenko’s protocol (which is pretty much the same as FLCCC’s) so our Vit D levels are good and high, plenty of zinc in our cells, etc.

"Pfizer about to get their pill approved"

I believe that is very likely the cause of Merck coming clean on the actual, inferior benefit of Molnupiravir. The mutagenic Molnupiravir was doomed in the marketplace when Pfizer announced their new early treatment drug for COVID-19 that acts in a very different way than Molnupiravir.

Molnupiravir works by incorporating itself into the genetic material of the virus thus causing mutations as the virus replicates, effectively killing it. The mechanism is known as "lethal mutagenesis." However, in some lab tests, the drug integrated into the genetic material of mammalian cells, causing mutations as those cells replicate. There are extremely serious safety concerns, which haven't been studied thoroughly, that this could lead to cancer or birth defects.

Pfizer's new Paxlovid early treatment drug acts in a very different way as a protease inhibitor similar to Ivermectin (IVM), but there is no way that Paxlovid can currently compete with the demonstrated outstanding safety record and low cost of Ivermectin in the over 3.7 billion doses of IVM administered to humans since the 1980s. Long term safety studies over several years would be needed to demonstrate an equivalent safety record for Paxlovid.

Dr. John Campbell made an interesting video describing the six various levels that Ivermectin interferes with the COVID-19 virus and compares it with Paxlovid.

I will try to find the link to the ‘mutagenic’ info - very reputable docs.

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Actually, I now recall I heard about molnupiravir dangers on a podcast from some biologists .... they were saying that the drug disrupts the RNA of the virus, but the questions is ... will the drug discriminate between viral RNA & human RNA.

A reference with info along the same lines:

Molnupiravir: long-term safety questions linger as approvals approach
https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/features/molnupiravir-safety-questions-approvals-approach/

From link:
Molnupiravir’s mechanism against Covid-19 has some experts concerned about its mutagenic potential in human cells. One study has suggested that the drug, though intended to disrupt only viral RNA, could also incorporate into and cause mutations in human DNA.

The study’s authors say mutations in host DNA could potentially “contribute to the development of cancer, or cause birth defects either in a developing foetus or through incorporation into sperm precursor cells”.

Other experimental nucleoside analogue compounds have been found to cause birth defects in animals; former head of US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority Rick Bright said offspring from animals treated with drugs similar to molnupiravir “had been born without teeth and without parts of their skull”.

Professor Ron Swanstrom of the University of North Carolina’s Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics is also concerned about the safety of the drug. While molnupiravir is “potentially an important antiviral strategy”, he says, it’s simply not possible to know what the long-term effects of the compound could be for humans.

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Of course, despite the above, the FDA will approve it, just as the UK has approved it .... the corrupt supposed ‘safety’ system rushes on with no concern for human/public health.

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