Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[Winter Creek Coop]

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...ccine-risk-infections-increase-fortnight-jab/

 

[h2oratt]

Lots of countries are using it...cheap, and appears to be effective. If I hadn't already caught covid in December, I'd be eyeing my pet's heartworm pills... (but please, don't start popping your pet's pills. If anything, ask your doctor to get you an prescription for human ivermectin meds).

My doctor refused.

 

[h2oratt]

I love to hear that! How awesome. Our grandkids are college-age, so all I hear about from friends and relatives with kids at home (as well as typical media articles) is how hard it is to home-school, to balance work-from-home while keeping the kids busy, etc.

But a lot of these same people before the pandemic, were having similar stressors commuting to and from work and trying to balance picking up the kids from school in between car repairs and dentist appointments, having to feed everybody on fast-food in between soccer games and piano recitals and sleepovers, basically families being severely over-scheduled and their kids over-programmed.

It's so great to hear from parents like you who've taken advantage of this time to slow down and spend time to really know your kids. I bet there are many parents like you we just don't hear about...Not to minimize your hardships, I'm sure your kids wish they could spend more time with their friends, and I'm sure you have your share of conflicts - but there's sure a lot that's positive and valuable about families knowing each other as human beings and appreciating each other.

Same here, I've seen a few videos and articles touting ivermectin as a covid preventative and/or treatment, but none based on any peer-reviewed scientific studies.
It seems unlikely to me that a medication I buy for my horses to kill parasites like multi-celled invertebrates (worms) and single-celled protozoans (like giardia) would be effective against non-cellular viruses.
But maybe it could be, who knows? If some doctors in other parts of the world are getting good results from ivermectin, it definitely merits a controlled scientific study. I hope that happens - but until that happens and the results are peer-reviewed and published, I'm not going to go ordering ivermectin horse wormers and taking them myself to prevent covid. There are real side effects to ivermectin, more than just minor digestive upsets, such as long-term liver damage.

They don’t know why it works.

 

[h2oratt]

Viagara was a heart medication initially. Why do people take it to get erections? Because it works, right? HCQ is an anti-malarial drug. Why do people take it to treat lupus? Because it helps. Right?

Do you know they are now using viagra to treat mega esophagus in dogs?

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

Do you know they are now using viagra to treat mega esophagus in dogs?

No I didn’t. Thanks.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

My doctor refused.

Did s/he say why?

 

[Hayden Goseek]

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/20...ccine-risk-infections-increase-fortnight-jab/

Great ! I'm getting in line for my shot tomorrow morning. It's a J&J, maybe I'll have a chance.

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

Great ! I'm getting in line for my shot tomorrow morning. It's a J&J, maybe I'll have a chance.

I hope it goes well for you.

 

[littledog]

I wonder how many of us have accidentally gotten a dose when worming our animals.
I'm still not taking it on purpose though

LOL, I've definitely gotten it all over me!

 

[littledog]

I don’t understand it really. Folks who are all for masks, social distancing, vaccines, and lockdowns etc. will quickly dismiss this drug that may be the quick answer to the entire pandemic.

I haven't heard anybody "quickly dismissing" it, certainly I'm not. What I said was that since it's only been approved for parasite infections, there needs to be more studies before it's approved for covid, just like was done with viagra before it was approved for ED. And that I hope there are more studies, since apparently there's been some evidence of good results. But I don't think there are any "quick answers" or quick fixes.