EDITOR—A war on off- patent, FDA-approved, inexpensive, safe “repurposed drugs” has been waged by the pharmaceutical industry for decades in an attempt to preserve profits for novel, patented, high-profit drugs. Ivermectin, a well-known antiviral and anti-parasitic drug (currently a generic, hence its low cost) is at the center of a huge controversy with establishment entities—government agencies, industry groups (Big Pharma), and most media trying to badmouth and criminalise the upstart drug in favor of much more expensive and profitable new drugs patented by Pfizer and similar pharmaceutical oligopolies which may not work as well as Ivermectin.
MEDICINE & SCIENCE
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EDITOR—The risks of ingesting improperly tested “medicines” out of sheer personal imprudence, or the criminal negligence of the government are well illustrated in these two terrible cases of illness caused by unregulated radium. If it has similarities with the abnormally swift approval of Covid vaccines, it is because it does.
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To Protect Fauci, The Washington Post is Preparing a Hit Piece on the Group Denouncing Gruesome Dog Experimentations
35 minutes readGLENN GREENWALD—In general, as this controversy has unfolded, media outlets have expressed almost no interest in the immorality and atrocities of these taxpayer-funded dog experimentations, and instead have acted as political activists with only one goal: protect Dr. Fauci. PolitiFact, for instance, purported to fact-check White Coat’s campaign (laughably calling them “a conservative watchdog group”) by implying they were lying. Aside from citing (but not verifying) NIAID’s denial that they funded one of the experiments, they acknowledged that they did indeed fund others, but then pointed out that nobody could prove that Fauci personally approved the funding for these experiments.
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ERIC ZUESSE—Instead of reporting anything of the actual science, Pien Huang, with the full cooperation of the program host, started and stuck with the assumption that anyone who would be using ivermectin in order to reduce the severity of an active case of covid-19 disease is an ignoramus. (In other words: confirmation-bias was reeking from her presentation.) The program host did at one point ask the question “Is there reason to believe that ivermectin works against covid-19?” Huang answered: “Well, there was a study last Spring which showed that ivermectin can kill the coronavirus, but in doses way bigger than humans should be using” and “there is insufficient evidence to recommend this product at this time. There is a small group of doctors who claim otherwise. They call themselves ‘The Frontline Critical Care Alliance’ and their message has been amplified by some figures on the right. … Misinformation researchers have told me that it’s the latest chapter in a story of right-wing commentators …”
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Moon of Alabama pushes back against those claiming Covid-19 lockdowns are unjustified
22 minutes readMoA—”Liberate” – particularly when it’s declared by the chief executive of our republic – isn’t some sort of cheeky throwaway. Its definition is “to set at liberty,” specifically “to free (something, such as a country) from domination by a foreign power.” We historically associate it with the armed defeat of hostile forces during war, such as the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control during World War II. Just over a year ago, Trump himself announced that “the United States has liberated all ISIS-controlled territory in Syria and Iraq.”