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- By early to mid-April 2020, critical care doctors had already figured out that the antiparasitic drug ivermectin was working against the novel coronavirus, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration chose to warn people away from the drug instead
- Internal FDA emails obtained by Motherboard through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal agency officials were thrilled with the success of its derogatory “horse paste” tweet that went viral at the end of August 2021
- The FDA’s tweet linked to a consumer update page about “Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19,” which falsely insinuated that ivermectin was “not approved or authorized” by the FDA
- While the FDA had not approved ivermectin specifically for COVID-19, the drug has, in fact, been approved for human use since 1987, and has an excellent safety profile. Moreover, doctors can legally prescribe ANY approved drug for off-label use, as was the case with ivermectin
- In late September 2022, the FDA issued a warning against cooking chicken in NyQuil. The warning got massive media coverage across the U.S. Ironically, virtually no one had heard of this obscure “online challenge” until the FDA made it headline news
We no longer have a regulatory agency looking out for public health. Not only has the U.S. Food and Drug Administration been captured by the drug industry, but it’s also staffed with incompetent bird brains and politically-motivated bureaucrats to boot.
By early to mid-April 2020, about one month into the COVID-19 pandemic, critical care doctors had already figured out that the antiparasitic drug ivermectin — which has been approved for human use since 1987 and is on the World Health Organization’s “essential medicines” list — was working against the novel coronavirus.
But the FDA wasn’t interested in saving lives any way possible. It apparently decided that its primary function was to protect Big Pharma profits, and that meant making sure there were no potential COVID treatments available, as Emergency Use Authorization for the mRNA jabs could only be given if there were no other treatments.
