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I’d this morning had exactly the same thought, which has built through the morning to outrage. Whitty is meant to act as CMO for the nation. If there are additional medical ways to diminish pain, suffering & lasting harm, he should engage with them & if suitable, recommend them. https://twitter.com/laworfiction/status/1351597355058028545
That he’s not doing so in the case of ivermectin, a cheap generic, of which over 2,000,000,000 doses have been prescribed around the world (so it cannot to said to be experimental) & for which there’s MUCH stronger evidence of benefit in all stages of infection with SARS-COV-2...
...than there are with the experimental vaccines subject to EUAs, is an outrageous dereliction of duty as a physician. To be fair, it’s not only in U.K. where this option is being ignored, despite best efforts to get it in front of officials & elected politicians. In France,
...a group of physicians are now on their 3rd attempt to force Govt departments & regulators to at least review the evidence from many, well-conducted clinical trials. I strongly recommend this agent being available to doctors along with the 1-2 page summary, so that it would...
...be an option, for example for people who’ve not yet had an opportunity to receive a vaccine, or who choose not to have it, or who aren’t candidates for it. This would very speedily reduce the burden arising from covid19 on the NHS, probably save lives and, crucially, begin...
...to reduce the flood tide of fear infusing public discourse, which has been ramped up to an absurd extent.
Whitty: pay attention & review this information now. You know if it’s existence as you’ve published on it (not in covid19) & you know very well how ubiquitous it is to...
Whitty: pay attention & review this information now. You know if it’s existence as you’ve published on it (not in covid19) & you know very well how ubiquitous it is to...
...discover new indications for existing medicines. That ivermectin works so well may well be unexpected, but the beneficial effects hit you in the face as convincing from numerous well-designed clinical trials. If this isn’t progressed, I regard it as a crime against humanity.