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1500 French Doctors Challenge the Decision by France's Health Minister to reject #Ivermectin as emergency treatment for #COVID19 …xr2a-www-francesoir-fr.translate.goog/opinions-tribu…

2. The Doctors state that #Ivermectin met the criteria of efficacy & safety, & suggest French Health Minister's denial to use it as a treatment was politically of financially motivated (Note translation for French to English is by Google, but the gist of their appeal is clear)👇

3. The letter by these 1500 French Doctors goes on to criticized the decision, citing studies that show #Ivermectin is effective & safe, and should be used as a propholaxis to PREVENT #COVID19 infection among those not yet #vaccinated👇

4. The French doctors criticize the French Minister's decision to ignore numerous large studies (thousands of ppl) showing #Ivermectin is an effective #treatment for #Covid patients, in favor of only 6 studies, which the doctors rightly claim employed questionable methodologies👇

5. Then the doctors blast the French Minister for saying #Ivermectin has not been proven to be safe, noting that WHO has approved it as safe for large scale use at higher dosages for over 30 years!

6. The 1500 French Doctors are clearly implying that the French Health Minister's rejection of #Ivermectin, much like the #FDA's refusal to approve it, was RIGGED to deny it's use, despite approving expensive, less effective, less safe drugs, like #Remdesivir

7. The 1500 French Doctors' conclusion as to why #Ivermection was not approved by French authorities to prevent #COVID19 infection, as well as treat #COVID19 patients is damning to say the least (a charge that applies equally to the #FDA's refusal to recommend #Ivermectin) 👇

8. The letter by the French Doctrors notes #Ivermectin has been approved in India, Brazil and many other countries. Why hasn't it been approved for use in the US, UK, France, etc? It appears politics overruled science to benefit #BigPharma profits.

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