[joshmaker]

Oh please. We have multiple vaccines that have all been demonstrated to be safe and highly effective at preventing hospitalization and death from COVID in multiple studies.

Ivermectin has had decidedly mixed results in very limited early trials, and may not be effective at treating COVID at all.

The only reason people are taking ivermectin when safe, effective, and FREE vaccines are available is because of politics.

[throwawaysea]

I am vaccinated and am not planning to get ivermectin. Your aggressive response seems to assume I have a stake in this. My only stake is that one side seems to think only their favored authorities are allowed to exercise free will, ultimately. These are the same authorities that have been MASSIVELY wrong throughout the pandemic on multiple fronts. I favor decentralization and competing ideas/choices as a way to run a free and just society. From my perspective, the only reason people are against ivermectin is because any deviation from a one size fits all approach undermines the broad lurch towards collectivist control that has been taking place, particularly in American politics. You could say that it is political for both sides of this issue, and I would say that’s fair. But only one solution let’s people live freely, which is individuals making their own choices and voluntarily interacting with others to support those choices.

[walterbell]

> We have multiple vaccines that have all been demonstrated to be safe and highly effective at preventing hospitalization and death from COVID in multiple studies.

Since these are non-sterilizing vaccines without nasal/mucosal immunity, i.e. they do not prevent infection or transmission, there is still benefit in early treatment for vaccinated people who become infected. There are multiple therapeutic options available, including monoclonal antibodies being distributed by some states.

[jjeaff]

Some studies have shown that the vaccine reduces transmission by as much as 80%. That was with the earlier variant, so it may not hold.

So it is not sterilizing, but it seems to go a long way towards that.

[artificialLimbs]

Israel would like a word with you.

[walterbell]

Could you be more specific?