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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 8385813" data-attributes="member: 19675">In prior pandemics, what worked was masking, contact tracing, distancing & quarantines, more attention to hygiene, and vaccinations, the bulk of which are currently held in low regard by far too many.They’re the best weapon we have against viral pathogens in general, and C19 in particularThat’s been done since day 1.  That’s part of why the C19 vaccines we have  were so quickly developed- the research on them grew out of the research on SARS & MERS.Big Pharma has been on that for a while.Other countries have tried:1) stricter lockdowns.  Won’t work here- some likely to resist with deadly force.2) mandatory contact tracing apps.  Constitutional issues and distrust of government are barriers here- we would likely need an actual constitutional amendment to get that off the ground. 3) aiming for natural herd immunity.  Completely ineffective.4) relying on personal responsibility.  Their societies are more communal and less individualistic than ours.5) stricter border controls.  That worked for smaller island nations, we have too many large, unpatrolled/unpatrollable sections of our border to be effective.As for India and Ivermectin, while it is true that the drug has certain antiviral properties, there are problems with adopting its use for treating C19.  First of all, as I understand it, its known antiviral properties are not as good as other actual antivirals- they’re more like a n unintended beneficial side effect.  Second, thErie’s a world of difference between the human formulation of Ivermectin and the veterinary version.  And it’s the latter that people are grabbing off the shelves and essentia poisoning themselves with.Third, the reason why India is using it is because of its main use as an anti-parasitic.  A huge number of Indian Covid patients also have parasitic afflictions which will depress their immune system.  Treating these patients with ivermectin gets rid of the parasites and gives them a better chance of fighting off Covid with their body’s basic immune system, supplemented by whatever else their MDs and public health measures can throw at it.This is standard operating procedure.That runs contrary to a host of legal and ethical issues, both domestic and internationally.</blockquote>

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