Originally Posted by
hummingbear
Also amazing how anti vaxers will grab at any straw they can to prove that the vaccine isn’t necessary. There are lots of effective treatments in use & development- like the antibodies you mentioned- but every month there’s a new miracle cure based on some Fox News segment that has no scientific backing. I hear a lot less from the antivax crowd about the actual treatments that are being backed by research & results, and a lot more about the present internet flavor of the month.
I think we both agree this has become hyper-politicized, which leads to blind spots on both sides. The virus doesn’t care about red or blue- either something works or it doesn’t. Science is finding vaccines & treatments that can work together to lessen this pandemic. But there has to be science behind the methods we're pursuing. What’s weird is we have experienced immunologist Dr. Fauci & the CDC on one side, and Tucker Carlson & an army of YouTubers on the other, and we’re supposed to pretend they bear equal weight.
That’s extremely incorrect. There are thousands of doctors all over the country and world using these “unproven” treatments, and reporting a very high success rate. Dr. Fauci and the CDC have proven to be political entities that exist for themselves. I don’t watch or give a sh!t what anyone on any news network says. I certainly don’t watch YouTube either.
I’m vaxed and believe that’s a personal choice people should make. Here is the kicker though, I’ve had 2 neighbors die in the last 3 weeks from covid and they were also vaxed. In both cases the hospital stuck them on a vent and refused the family’s many requests for other forms of treatment. This is inexcusable and does cross the line of malpractice. People should have the right to try and save their own and family members’ life, and they are being denied that right in many cases.
Now I’m not going to sit here and say I know with 100% certainty if Ivermectin or monoclonal AB treatments would have saved my friends lives, but I wish like hell we would have found out.