ON IVERMECTIN SHOWS THE DRUG
DOES NOT REDUCE
HOSPITALIZATION FROM COVID-19
INFECTION. THAT'S ACCORDING TO
A NEW PEER REVIEW STUDY
PUBLISHED ON THE NEW ENGLAND
JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. YOU MIGHT
REMEMBER THE ANTI-PARASITIC
DRUG GAINED POPULARITY IN SOME
CIRCLES AS A TREATMENT FOR
COVID-19. BUT THE STUDY FOUND
IVER. BUT IVERMECTIN ISN'T
EFFECTIVE IN BATTLING COVID
LIKE MANY ANTI-VACCINE
ADVOCATES PROMOTED. THIS IS
THE SUBJECT OF A NEW OPINION
PIECE ON MSNBC. DOT COM BY NBC
NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR
DOCTOR KAVITA PATEL. SHE JOINS
US NOW. DOCTOR PATEL, ALWAYS
GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US. SO
TELL US MORE ABOUT IN THIS
OP-ED THAT YOU WROTE, YOU SAY
THIS DRUG IS PART OF WHAT YOU
CALL A BUSINESS OF LIES AND
IT'S BOTH WINNING IN AMERICA.
BUT THEN ALSO COSTING PEOPLE
THEIR LIVES EXPLAIN TO OUR
VIEWERS WHAT YOU MEAN.
>> YEAH. GOOD MORNING,
SAVANNAH AND VICKI AND I
STARTED BY JUST TRYING TO LOOK
AT THE SCIENCE THAT ACTOR.
THAT'S WHAT I DO. BUT AS YOU
UNFOLD IT MORE. FIRST OF ALL,
THE FIRST DOZENS OF STUDIES
WERE REFUTED OR WERE NOT OF
HIGH QUALITY AND THEN AS HE
DUG DEEPER INTO IT. YOU
STARTED TO SEE THAT THERE WERE
DOCTORS WHO ARE ACTUALLY KIND
OF EXCOMMUNICATED FROM THEIR
HOSPITALS, THEIR MEDICAL
GROUPS THEIR PEERS. BUT THESE
WERE THE SAME DOCTORS WHO ARE
PUTTING UP THESE TELE MEDICINE
FRONT DOORS THAT PATIENTS WHO
ARE DESPERATE WOULD PAY CASH
SOME AS HIGH AS $200. A CALL
TO GET A PRESCRIPTION ONE
DOCTOR COULD BRING IN MILLIONS
OF DOCTORS, MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS AND DID ALL WHEN AT
THE SAME TIME, SAVANNAH, WE
HAD VACCINES THAT ARE STARTING
TO BE LAUNCH AND OTHER
TREATMENTS LIKE REMDESIVIR
MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES THAT
SHOWED WAY MORE PROMISE,
THOUGH. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF
AN ONION THAT I KEPT
UNWRAPPING. WE TALK ABOUT THIS
NEW RESEARCH.
>> DOCTOR PATEL. IT SHOWS
OBVIOUSLY IVERMECTIN DOESN'T
REDUCE HOSPITALIZATION FOR
COVID. THAT WAS JUST
PUBLISHED. BUT AND A LOT OF
WAYS YOU THINK THE GENIE IS
ALREADY OUT OF THE BOTTLE. YOU
KNOW IT. I MEAN, IT HAPPENED.
PEOPLE TOOK THE DRUG. MAYBE IT
WORKED. WHAT DIDN'T WORK FOR
THEM LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.
HOW DO YOU COMBAT
MISINFORMATION IN THE MEDICAL
WORLD BEFORE IT TAKES HOLD OR
IS THIS GOING TO CONTINUALLY
BE A DEBATE FOR PEOPLE IN WHAT
THEY BELIEVE.
>> YEAH, I THINK IT'S GOING TO
CONTINUALLY BE A DEBATE. I
THINK IT'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE
LIKE THE 3 OF US WHO HAVE TO
PRIORITIZE BRINGING THE
SCIENCE FORWARD. I THINK WE
TRIED TO DO THAT. BUT WE NEED
TO REACH PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE
GETTING THE MISINFORMATION,
YOU KNOW, JUST PUTTING THINGS
OUT IN LIKE NICE CDC REPORTS
OF PEER REVIEW JOURNALS THAT
ONLY A HANDFUL OF DOCTORS.
REID IS NOT CUTTING IT. SO WE
HAVE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
GET THAT INFORMATION INTO THE
PUBLIC'S HANDS AND AN
ACCESSIBLE WAY AND THE HEALTH
LITERATE WAY. NOT EVERYBODY
CAN READ ADVOCACY IN BLINDED
AND RANDOMIZED UNDERSTAND HOW
JUDGE EVIDENCE IN LIFE, WE
ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES
TO DO IT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I
WANT TO READ A LITTLE BIT OF
SOMETHING THAT YOU WROTE HERE
IN PRESCRIBING THIS DRUG USE
SAID.
>> A COTTAGE INDUSTRY HAS
SINCE DEVELOPED WITH MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS FLOWING TO
TELEMEDICINE COMPANIES WHO
OFFER SYMPATHETIC VIDEOS THAT
SEEM REASONABLE WAS NO
DISCUSSION OF RISKS.
>> OR BENEFITS THAT SUCH A KEY
PART HERE THAT SEEM REASONABLE
PEOPLE SEE THE TIE TO ADOPT OR
PEOPLE SAY IT MAY BE SHARED BY
THEIR FRIENDS. SOMEBODY FROM
THEIR CHURCH. WHAT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN TO GET THIS UNDER
CONTROL. MEAN IT COULD USE
EXPRESSION IS THE GENIE OUT A
BOTTLE. BUT LIKE. HOW DO YOU
CHANGE THIS ONE SO MUCH OF
MISINFORMATION JUST COMES DOWN
TO A WELL, I CHOOSE TO BELIEVE
THIS BECAUSE THIS PERSON IS A
DOCTOR.
>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. AND SO
THERE'S A LOT OF REGULATORY
THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE. LOOK,
WE DON'T TO SUPPRESS FREEDOM
OF INFORMATION OR FREEDOM OF
SPEECH. WE WANT PATIENTS TO BE
ABLE TO TALK TO PEOPLE.
DOCTORS WITH VARIOUS BUT WE
NEED TO GET DOWN TO THE FACTS.
SO I THINK REALLY IMPORTANT IS
KIND OF THIS MARKETING THAT
HAPPENING FOR IVERMECTIN HIDE
ROCKPORT VITAMINS THAT DON'T
WORK FOR PATIENTS, BUT THEY
TAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WE
NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE KIND
OF A CONSUMER PROTECTION LIKE
WE DO FOR CREDIT CARD SCAMS
AND FOR OTHER THINGS MORE
THESE TYPES OF
DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER AVAILABLE
MEDICINE. THAT WOULD BE ONE
STEP.
>> THERE'S GOING TO PUT A WAS
JUST ISN'T. THERE'S A
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
MISINFORMATION AND FREE SPEECH
AND GIVING PEOPLE RELIABLE
SOURCES SO THEY CAN MAKE A
JUDGMENT WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR
HEALTH AND SOMETHING YOU'RE
GOING TO BE PUTTING IN YOUR
BODY AND JUSTIN SHOOTING AND
WHATEVER, DOCTOR TO GET A
CHILD. THANK YOU SO MUCH AS
ALWAYS. WE LOVE YOU. JOIN A
SECRET THAT FULL OPINION RIGHT