Possible relief from Covid-19

[Robin4]

I am not wishing to get the community's hopes up too much but, some relief from coronavirus could be not far away. I have posted this on another thread but many that come here may not see that post so I am resubmitting it here.

You may be interested to know this. Researchers at our Australian Monash University have discovered that a long standing treatment for head lice which has been around for 30+years kills the Coronavirus

https://neoskosmos.com/en/162160/monash-scientists-find-head-lice-drug-stops-covid-19-from-replicati...

Ivermectin, pronounced (eye-vuh-mec-tin) can be administered as a pill, a lotion, or a shampoo and will kill the Covid-19 virus within 48 hours.

Now what is exciting about this is, it doesn't stop people from becoming infected, it is not a vaccine. But.......it will stop people from dying. It will kill the virus off in almost all cases before it has had time wipe out the humans lung capacity.

It is still early days but, this could be that short term magic bullet we are looking for!

Now @Sarah977  has pointed out that this could be a powerful drug which could have unwanted side effects.

My answer to that is...... stop for a second and consider what this drug is for? It is given to children....and has been for the last 30 years, to control Head lice, Scabies...... and my guess is, if there had been  serious enough side effect problems with it, the FDA/TDA would have removed it from sale long ago.

This is not a drug under development, it's been around since Methuselah won the Kentucky Derby on a three legged horse!

We all know, a vaccine is at least a year away, and the reason I am excited about this is, here in Australia we have probably managed this a bit too well and we have not built up a pack-herd immunity to the virus. You need to have had an infection rate of at least 67% of the community to build up a pack resistance.

We can stamp this out quickly here....but we are going to keep on getting re-introduced to the virus as soon as we start opening our borders up again. There are going to be ebbs and flows with this virus for years.

What we have to do is quickly get to the point where the virus is not a significant risk to us....we aren't going to die from it. It will just be like having a bad cold.

If we can get to that point.........Bring it on!!!

Cheers.......Rob

[Mike-And-Helen0]

@Robin4 if true, that's good news.

I have some in my kitchen, I use it to treat the guinea pigs for mites.

NO I will not be swallowing it!

[Michelle53]

It has been shown to be effective in vitro. i.e. in the lab (cell culture). Nothing has been shown yet regarding its potential effectiveness in the human body. 

While it's good to keep a positive outlook, there's no indication, yet, that this will be effective. Very early days, and months of clinical trials yet to do.     

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166354220302011

[Robin4]

@Michelle53 

You are right Michelle, there is a lot of work to go but, there are a couple of things in Ivermectin's favour.

It's been around for a long time and is already FDA/TDA approved for human use.

As it has been used for 3 decades it's side effects are well know and it is possible that any clinical testing would concentrate more on required doseage rates to be effective against Covid-19.

Sure, best not to put the cart before the horse Michelle, but this is a hell of a promising start! 

Cheers.......Rob

[Beth80]

@Robin4 

Interesting idea. Would be wonderful if it works.  Not dying is high on my list of things to do this year!

Ivomec is used in pill form for river blindness.  We used it by injection on our cattle for ticks and I give it to our dog in liquid form for fleas, ticks and worms.  

We will be keeping our ears open as more information is available.  Thanks!

[Nadin609]

In fact, people are willing to do anything to survive. Yes, the vaccine has to wait a long time. For now, you need to look for other ways) Currently, I take a complex of vitamins (D3, C, and zinc), for prevention, so as not to get sick.

[Patricia55]

@Robin4 

Wow, Robin, I wish I'd searched on the forum earlier … and found your post! (Actually, come to think of it, Sarah mentioned it recently..)

I've been boring on to people for months since I became convinced by the scientific studies, meta analyses, and good doctors – you know, the ones who care more about saving people's lives, than making money...😉

Well, I don't know if you've still been following the Ivermectin story... but the evidence of its efficacy is growing...💪  (I have so many links, I wouldn't know where to begin..)

Anyhoo, the UK has finally initiated a trial on this drug (VERY belatedly - it was supposed to start in February 😐) https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-06-23-ivermectin-be-investigated-possible-treatment-covid-19-oxford-s...

so let's hope the results will be positive 🤞

Best wishes, Pat

[Patricia55]

@Robin4  Have you come across Dr John Campbell's YouTube channel? He covers the whole gamut of covid issues and I would trust him more than anyone else I know.

I'm linking to his most recent one https://youtu.be/VL9b8ClNpdY but he does one per day, so... choose yer pick!