Difference between revisions of "2021/07/28/Why is the FDA attacking a safe effective drug"

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==Links==
 
==Links==
 
* '''2021-08-02''' [https://www.biznews.com/thought-leaders/2021/08/02/ivermectin-attack-fda Attack on Ivermectin – With insights from The Wall Street Journal] by Jarryd Neves: no, the piece was not written by the WSJ; it was an outside editorial.
 
* '''2021-08-02''' [https://www.biznews.com/thought-leaders/2021/08/02/ivermectin-attack-fda Attack on Ivermectin – With insights from The Wall Street Journal] by Jarryd Neves: no, the piece was not written by the WSJ; it was an outside editorial.
* '''2021-07-29''' [https://www.econlib.org/how-scientific-is-the-fda/ How Scientific is the FDA?] by David Henderson, one of the authors of the WSJ piece
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** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRFnBITJZoA Misleading and Dishonest Wall Street Journal Article on Ivermectin] (video) by [[Hank Green]]
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** [https://www.econlib.org/how-scientific-is-the-fda/ How Scientific is the FDA?] by David Henderson, one of the authors of the WSJ piece
 
===Discussion===
 
===Discussion===
 
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/ivermectin/comments/ouirlp/wsj_why_is_the_fda_attacking_a_safe_effective_drug/ Reddit]
 
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/ivermectin/comments/ouirlp/wsj_why_is_the_fda_attacking_a_safe_effective_drug/ Reddit]

Revision as of 21:24, 5 August 2021

Short Answer: The FDA is not attacking the drug. It's trying to warn people against taking animal-approved formulations of it (which has been happening due to the influence of articles like this) for a purpose for which the drug has not yet been shown to be safe and effective. Many studies are under way – but the data have not yet come in, and the FDA is acting entirely appropriately in that light.

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Discussion

  • Reddit
  • Hacker News:
    • 2021-08-03 "Bullshit article. the FDA isn't attacking, they're pointing out that a drug certified for treating roundworm and similar parasitic infections is not certified for treating COVID-19, and that relying on it for that purpose might turn out badly. / From the headline onwards, this whole article is concern trolling..."
    • 2021-07-30 "In Brazil, there are people needing liver transplantation because they used Ivermectin to "treat" Covid."
  • Prashant Bushan on Twitter "Ivermectin is a promising Covid treatment and prophylaxis, but the agency is denigrating it. / No doubt that FDA is acting under the influence of big Pharma and vaccine companies." Um, there is no evidence for this at all.