Certainly, ivermectin is not a “magic bullet” that targets COVID-19 as claimed. While there are theoretical possibilities for some benefit, so far clinical trials have been inconclusive, with some showing no effect, and others demonstrating a decrease in inflammatory markers as well as a shorter time for viral clearance. Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic medication used in animals is also championed by America’s Frontline Doctors. Initially, there were some seductive results with hydroxychloroquine, but subsequent trials that were better designed failed to produce any positive results and some even suggested complications in terms of heart function. Not only is this medication presented as a treatment, but hydroxychloroquine is also claimed to prevent infection if taken prophylactically.
In any case, these fine specimens of the medical profession maintain that there is no need to worry even if someone contracts COVID-19 because “simple effective treatments are available.” It is at this point that the snake in the grass, namely hydroxychloroquine, rears its head. In some cases, symptoms can linger for months, maybe even years. While it is true that most infected people experience mild or moderate symptoms, roughly 10-15% progress to serious disease and about 5% become critically ill. Gold trots out the usual nonsensical trope about 99% of infections by the virus being harmless. Lockdowns, this guru maintains, have mental health effects that are more harmful than those caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which according to her, are minimal. Fauci’s sound scientific advice and claiming that COVID-19 vaccines are “experimental biological agents.” She warns people not to be “coerced” into taking them. She has a sordid history of attacking Dr. Simone Gold, who was arrested for taking part in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Then we have the founder of “America’s Frontline Doctors,” Dr. As far as gynecological diseases go, they can be caused by having sex with witches and demons that appear in dreams. She also believes in a conspiracy by the “Illuminati” to destroy the world with abortion, gay marriage, and of all things, children’s toys. Stella Immanuel who alleges that alien DNA is being used in medical treatments and that researchers are working on a vaccine to prevent people from becoming religious. Suspicion is immediately aroused when Merritt is identified as a member of “ America’s Frontline Doctors,” a handful of conspiracy-minded physicians that include luminaries such as Dr. Merritt may be a fine orthopedic surgeon, but when it comes to the science of COVID-19, she is a bumbling neophyte. Lee Merritt an American orthopedic surgeon. An example of this is a recent epic, dripping with pseudoscience, produced by Dr. Sometimes, though, I can discern that a video has legs because I get the “Is this true?” query several times a day. Not a day goes by without a video being forwarded to me accompanied by the question, “Is this true?” Invariably the answer is “um.no.there is no evidence,” and that usually ends the discussion.