Thread by @nickmmark

.@PierreKory

First off, I’m sorry that you got COVID and I’m glad you recovered. I respect that you have the integrity to admit that ivermectin wasn’t able to prevent your illness.
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I’ve read the same studies & I disagree with your assessment of IVM; A few small methodologically flawed studies are just not compelling in light of negative results from large high quality RCTs.
@cochranecollab & many experts have likewise concluded that IVM is ineffective
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What I find alarming is your failure to use your platform to advocate for vaccination. You claim to follow the evidence. Do you really think there is more evidence for daily mouthwash use than for vaccination to prevent COVID?

https://twitter.com/nickmmark/status/1428453176630333440?s=20

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You cite 10k pts in low quality studies of IVM. What about the 100s of thousands in RCTs of vaccines? What about the billions who have been safely vaccinated?
If you spent any time at all in an ICU you would see that virtually none of the COVID patents there are vaccinated.
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It’s OK for us not to see eye to eye on the IVM data. Thoughtful debate over medical evidence is how we advance the field.
There are more studies ongoing. Perhaps future high quality studies will show benefit, though I am skeptical.
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But at this point, I think you must admit that many of your followers are taking IVM as an "alternative to vaccination."
I doubt this was your original intent. You may not have intended for your drug repurposing work to be used by anti-vaxxers, but that is what's happening.
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If you really follow the evidence, I call on you to change your I-MASK prevention protocol to V-I-MASK. Put vaccines front and center. Use your platform and that of the FLCCC to help get people vaccinated.
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Instead of attacking experts and insinuating vast global cabals to suppress IVM, use your platform to promote evidence-based therapies, including vaccination.
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We’re all fallible. The best we can do is course correct when we’ve made a wrong turn, especially when lives depend on it. People will listen to you, and you can save countless lives by doing this.
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