I think the key statement you make is correct "safe drug to take in normal doeses". If you look at the toxicology, it's safer than Aspirin.
My story (yes, I know, just N=1, but it's good to put it out there):
I found a doc to give me two prescriptions for a treatment protocol as recommended by the FLCCC. Since it was in short supply, I didn't want to waste it prophylactically. I've had IVM available to me since early sprint 2021.
If I ever got that nagging feeling in my throat like I was coming down with a cold, I just took a single dose of IVM. The next day I was always better. This happened about a half dozen times over the last almost year. Would I have gotten better that quickly without it? I don't know. I just didn't want to risk thing getting worse, and the risk calculation was obvious since IVM is so safe.
Was it just a cold attacking me and not COVID? I don't know, but it was still better than coming down with a cold. Colds always take me down for a week anyway, so I saved a week of my life even if it was just a cold.
From my understanding IVM is a broad spectrum antiviral that seems to work well on coronaviruses. I'm going to keep taking it on first symptoms of a cold, just because so far I haven't had even a sniffle since I started taking it on the first sign of a infection. It may not be the thing that's working, but as you say, it's so safe, it doesn't hurt to use.
Before the downvotes: I'm not saying that this is the solution to the pandemic, and I'm not touting that it's better than other treatments or vaccines. I'm just saying that the downside to taking it is negligible, and my experience is that it did help (or at least didn't hurt). And it's cheap, so why not experiment.
My story (yes, I know, just N=1, but it's good to put it out there):
I found a doc to give me two prescriptions for a treatment protocol as recommended by the FLCCC. Since it was in short supply, I didn't want to waste it prophylactically. I've had IVM available to me since early sprint 2021.
If I ever got that nagging feeling in my throat like I was coming down with a cold, I just took a single dose of IVM. The next day I was always better. This happened about a half dozen times over the last almost year. Would I have gotten better that quickly without it? I don't know. I just didn't want to risk thing getting worse, and the risk calculation was obvious since IVM is so safe.
Was it just a cold attacking me and not COVID? I don't know, but it was still better than coming down with a cold. Colds always take me down for a week anyway, so I saved a week of my life even if it was just a cold.
From my understanding IVM is a broad spectrum antiviral that seems to work well on coronaviruses. I'm going to keep taking it on first symptoms of a cold, just because so far I haven't had even a sniffle since I started taking it on the first sign of a infection. It may not be the thing that's working, but as you say, it's so safe, it doesn't hurt to use.
Before the downvotes: I'm not saying that this is the solution to the pandemic, and I'm not touting that it's better than other treatments or vaccines. I'm just saying that the downside to taking it is negligible, and my experience is that it did help (or at least didn't hurt). And it's cheap, so why not experiment.