when it comes to ivermectin (etc), i can appreciate both - the Side where people want to make sure we've studied it as thoroughly as possible and they feel that people who strongly don't want to research it is an odd red flag...............And, people who want to make sure that 1000's of random, non-doctor Americans all over the country aren't suddenly trying to self medicate in a stupid and dangerous way just because they started hearing the word 'ivermectin' on a Rogan show.
I get both - they both make sense.
i think conservatives need to stick to their demand of "research the heck out of this possibility and anyone who resists that needs their motives checked" - and STOP the "hey, i tried swallowing some ivermectin when i got covid at home just for sh*ts and giggles"
and liberals need to stop trying to so aggressively quash everything people want to try (or at least be aware of the perception) - because that will make everyone wonder "why are you so against checking this out....what else is going on that we don't know here?" - a natural reaction.
(meaning: joe rogan's stunt was probably idiotic, and the liberals' attempt to stop a woman whose husband is almost dead from covid from trying ivermectin - they're idiots too. 2 extremes).
one thing i think we ALL know and agree on that life teaches. N.E.V.E.R. underestimate the power of money, and what it causes people and organizations to do. There is literally NO limit. Don't think corruption is only in places like Mexico and the cartels-in-government. It's a universal human condition, Americans are just better at channeling it in a less savage-looking way and that's all.
if it really was possible for the creation of covid to generate billions for the pharma industry, (or any other decision post-discovery of covid, even if not created), then YEAH - that probably did happen. assume that if someone can make billions and get away with it, they will. at any cost.
that's not crackpot, that's common sense and cumulative 1000's of years of experience.
every criminal prosecution and felony conviction of the big pharma industry (which by the way applies to every vaccine maker, look it up), proves it.
cheers