Fun fact about Ivermectin....

[WebSlave]

Ivermectin treatment in humans for reducing malaria transmission​

Background​

Malaria is transmitted through the bite of Plasmodium‐infected adult female Anopheles mosquitoes. Ivermectin, an anti‐parasitic drug, acts by killing mosquitoes that are exposed to the drug while feeding on the blood of people (known as blood feeds) who have ingested the drug. This effect on mosquitoes has been demonstrated by individual randomized trials. This effect has generated interest in using ivermectin as a tool for malaria control.

SOURCE: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8240090/

Actually the source article seems like a hatchet job on Ivermectin. Administering the drug one dose every 3 weeks is WAY, WAY under treatment to be effective for anything. But par for the course when the government has anything to say about Ivermectin, it appears.

 

[Martin Nowak]

Actually, the study is not a disease treatment study. It is a potential disease prevention study. It is a "kill the vector" study. The base known fact is: ivermectin in low doses kills mosquitoes. In a community (humans), mosquitoes move from one person to another - thus spreading the disease. So the question was: "if we kill enough mosquitos via low doses of ivermectin in the community (humans), might this reduce incidence of malaria because there are fewer mosquitos going from human to human?". The answer is: "such is not clear based on this small study". Seems like a fair and reasonable study with fair and reasonable conclusions. ("The study did not demonstrate an effect of Ivermectin on the cumulative incidence of uncomplicated malaria in the cohort of children over the 18‐week study" - meaning, humans continued to get malaria from mosquito vector bites.)

To continue, a basis of the study in humans is that veterinary medicine studies have shown that ivermectin in cattle does indeed kill mosquitos who feed on cattle / horse / etc. blood. Interestingly, since ivermectin is so commonly used in agriculture, such treated ag animals may well be at least a small value in controlling mosquito disease vectors that impact humans. Recently, ivermectin has been approved in non-U.S. countries for use in poultry as a vector control.

The effect of cattle-administered ivermectin and fipronil on the mortality and fecundity of Anopheles arabiensis Patton

Malaria control primarily depends on two vector control strategies: indoor residual spraying (IRS) and long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs). Both IRS and LLIN target indoor-biting mosquitoes. However, some of the most important malaria vectors ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Other potential uses of ivermectin in terms of killing vectors include ticks, fleas, and bed bugs.

Common Veterinary Drugs Show Effectiveness Against Bed Bugs

Fluralaner and ivermectin, used widely against pests like fleas and ticks, show varying levels of success in tests conducted on resurgent bed bugs.

news.ncsu.edu

It's a clever approach to disease prevention: let the host humans (or animal) carry the agent to kill the disease carrying vector(s) and thereby offer increased protection for the community.

 

[WebSlave]

This is actually a pretty common strategy used by many insects. Eating plants that will give the insects an unpleasant taste, or even make them toxic to predators snacking on them. So I don't think it real far fetched for humanity to use such a technique to it's own advantage when it comes to tiny predators wanting to make a meal of our blood. Actually I would find it quite amusing and imminently satisfying to find myself fatally toxic to any creature that succeeded in taking a nip out of my flesh or a sip of my blood.

 

[WebSlave]

Interesting about ivermectin:



I have been taking Ivermectin for about 3 years and at some point my vision improved dramatically. A friend of mine also started taking it a little while back and he commented on his own vision improving as well. Just food for thought, I guess.