Coronavirus vaccine news

[sptrawler]

Oxford University explores anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as COVID-19 treatment

The University of Oxford said on Wednesday it was testing anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as a possible treatment for COVID-19, as part of a British government-backed study that aims to aid recoveries in non-hospital settings.

www.reuters.com

There are some clever people in the World, you just hope they know what they are doing. ?

 

[Humid]

There are some clever people in the World, you just hope they know what they are doing. ?

No patent on ivermectin

 

[sptrawler]

No patent on ivermectin

It is certainly a creative idea and if proven effective, will take medicine to a whole new level.
But that is how medicine has evolved, through left field in innovation, something that no one has thought of.
When we we stop having these innovations, we are finished as a species.
I'm just pleased the 5% of people who are brainy, still manage to rise above the 45% of uni students, who shouldn't have been there in the first place. ?

 

[wayneL]

Oxford University explores anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as COVID-19 treatment

The University of Oxford said on Wednesday it was testing anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as a possible treatment for COVID-19, as part of a British government-backed study that aims to aid recoveries in non-hospital settings.

www.reuters.com

The plot thickens...

 

[ghotib]

It is certainly a creative idea and if proven effective, will take medicine to a whole new level.
But that is how medicine has evolved, through left field in innovation, something that no one has thought of.
When we we stop having these innovations, we are finished as a species.
I'm just pleased the 5% of people who are brainy, still manage to rise above the 45% of uni students, who shouldn't have been there in the first place. ?

I usually follow your thinking sp, but this time I'm lost. What is the new (presumably) creative idea?

FWIW, I think an enormous proportion of human innovations are developed more than once and by more than one group of people. Who gets the credit for being first is a matter of chance.

 

[macca]

Oxford University explores anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as COVID-19 treatment

The University of Oxford said on Wednesday it was testing anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as a possible treatment for COVID-19, as part of a British government-backed study that aims to aid recoveries in non-hospital settings.

www.reuters.com

I wonder will it be a fair trial following the already proven successful protocol or will it be set up to fail the same as the Hydrox... one in the USA.

Doctors that have proved this drug works prescribed it immediately if Covid was suspected. They also prescribed Zinc supplements and DoxyC.... AntiBiotics.

Seems kind of weird that we did not just use this treatment instead of Vaccinations

I notice that Doc Fauci is advocating we vaccinate children now even though WHO say there is no need at present.

No wonder conspiracy theories gain traction in the USA

 

[moXJO]

View attachment 126461Easier with the media on your side

Let's be real though. Vic government would fck up organising flies on sht.
I heard there's another case in Victoria, time to lock down again.

 

[rederob]

I wonder will it be a fair trial following the already proven successful protocol or will it be set up to fail the same as the Hydrox... one in the USA.

Doctors that have proved this drug works prescribed it immediately if Covid was suspected. They also prescribed Zinc supplements and DoxyC.... AntiBiotics.

Seems kind of weird that we did not just use this treatment instead of Vaccinations

I notice that Doc Fauci is advocating we vaccinate children now even though WHO say there is no need at present.

No wonder conspiracy theories gain traction in the USA

Proven effective treatments are in wide use.
Your claims about what doctors have proven need to be properly validated. Furthermore, given vaccinations are proven to reduce symptoms and deaths it makes sense to implement known prevention measures rather than unknown cures.
Finally, your claim on WHO vaccination advice for children is different to what they state:

Children and adolescents tend to have milder disease compared to adults, so unless they are part of a group at higher risk of severe COVID-19, it is less urgent to vaccinate them than older people, those with chronic health conditions and health workers. ​

 

[bellenuit]

Nearly all COVID deaths in US are now among unvaccinated​

Nearly all COVID deaths in US are now among unvaccinated

Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the United States now are in people who weren’t vaccinated, a staggering demonstration of how effective the vaccines have been and an indication that daily deaths — now down to under 300 — could be practically zero if everyone eligible got the shots.

apnews.com

 

[Knobby22]

I'm banned from the other Covid thread so talking about Sydney situation here.

It is reminding me of the disastrous Melbourne lockdown last year:
Stage 1: everyone do a few things to slow the spread. (should have acted quicker)
Stage 2: we are locking down a few suburbs. (should have locked down Melbourne, big fines (Gladys is bringing in $1,000 fines))
Stage 3: Locking down the whole state for months. (How did that happen?)

 

[Knobby22]

And this an interesting if not obvious headline.

Nearly all COVID deaths in US are now among unvaccinated.​

Nearly all COVID deaths in US are now among unvaccinated

Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in the United States now are in people who weren’t vaccinated, a staggering demonstration of how effective the vaccines have been and an indication that daily deaths — now down to under 300 — could be practically zero if everyone eligible got the shots.

apnews.com

 

[IFocus]

I'm banned from the other Covid thread so talking about Sydney situation here.

It is reminding me of the disastrous Melbourne lockdown last year:
Stage 1: everyone do a few things to slow the spread. (should have acted quicker)
Stage 2: we are locking down a few suburbs. (should have locked down Melbourne, big fines (Gladys is bringing in $1,000 fines))
Stage 3: Locking down the whole state for months. (How did that happen?)

Why?

 

[Knobby22]

I had an angry outburst when the Trump insurrection was occurring.
I was disgusted and didn't post for a few months and when I came back found I was banned from many threads.
Probably deserved it, they can't help it , Useful idiots.

 

[IFocus]

I had an angry outburst when the Trump insurrection was occurring.
I was disgusted and didn't post for a few months and when I came back found I was banned from many threads.
Probably deserved it, they can't help it , Useful idiots.

Oh I think most of us had angry outbursts, surely you could plead "Victorian lockdown" as extenuating circumstances

Still might have done you a favour nothing like a break, really good to see you back.

 

[Knobby22]

The NSW government addressed reality. Lockdown. Let's keep our fingers crossed it is highly successful.

 

[wayneL]

The NSW government addressed reality. Lockdown. Let's keep our fingers crossed it is highly successful.

Successful at what? Damaging/destroying small business? Increasing mental illness and suicide, dividing society further?

 

[Knobby22]

Successful at what? Damaging/destroying small business? Increasing mental illness and suicide, dividing society further?

Successful at quelling the virus quickly so its over as fast as possible.
She should have locked down on Tuesday or Wednesday so it would be over in a week. It could be 3 weeks now.
Too many still unvaccinaed at present.
It was interesting that there were quite a number of vaccinated people at that famous party. None of them caught this virus.

 

[Knobby22]

If you want to blame someone then it should be that idiot limousine driver transporting pilots without be vaccinated.

 

[grah33]

Inventor of mRNA vaccine technology ... warns vaccines are dangerous (still checking it out)

 

[bellenuit]

But not nearly as dangerous as not taking vaccines during a pandemic. The stats prove it.