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[–]spelllingchamp 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

From what I can tell, it helps most long haulers but does nothing in other long haulers. In one vaccine injury FB group, 20 said it help and 13 said it didn't.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Which would make sense if there was an interaction between a common parasite and covid leftovers, an the ivermectin clears the parasite which then clears up symptoms. The people who weren't improved maybe don't have parasites. Toxoplasmosis is incredibly common in humans, and is rarely treated... It would explain a lot of things

[–]spelllingchamp 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

A few people do have parasites and find out from taking ivm for covid prophylaxis. But, the people who improve on ivm need to keep taking it... otherwise their symptoms come back. So I don't think it's parasites.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But, the people who improve on ivm need to keep taking it... otherwise their symptoms come back. So I don't think it's parasites.

That's an extremely good point. However could it be possible reinfection from the parasite? Or maybe ivm kills 99.9% of the parasites but not all of them, so it will always come back if not managed properly?

But you're right it could have a completely non-parasite-related pathway of function. My understanding is that it affects the sugar intake pathway of the parasites. I wonder if this same mechanism also has non-parasite-related effects on cells eating sugar.