That's a very odd statement. Are you getting personal?
I have an enquiring but pragmatic mind and as yet you and all of the information you have posted has not made me change it. As with your contributions in the other post where a someone said he would not be suggesting his patients take it until there is some robust proof.
If and when there is robust proof from proper trials I will quite happily accept the evidence.
Can you point me in the direction of a country where they have widespread use of Ivermectin. I can't seem to find anything other than some info from South American countries where hundreds of thousands of doses have been handed out. But that doesn't seem to equate to widespread use, even in those countries. You mentioned it was saving African lives, can you point me in the direction of that information as I can't seem to find anything to substantiate that?
Apologies again for late response, work in the frost here was getting in the way.
To answer your points in turn:
The statement may or may not be felt odd, but I think I am correct in terms of the geological makeup of Denmark, I have no knowledge of the grit within. A friend of a friend used to sell fine Danish sand to the Arabs, believe it or not ( a useful primer - much like the subject in hand, come to think of it
); no, nothing personal, I was rather drawing an analogy perhaps best expanded upon a little for the benefit of others; as you may by now be aware, I am no stranger to Denmark, much of its political and cultural values, as well as benefitting from insights into the mindset of some of the Danish folk over many years now, and how those are represented, both inwardly, and indeed to the wider world, as well as how, in turn, they are perceived by others. I'll try to avoid sweeping generaliastions, nonetheless.
You say you have an enquiring but pragmatic mind - so far so similar, good - but I'm sorry if you feel in some way that I am writing here to somehow change your mind from your well explained views, that is not my purpose at all, nor am I seeking to do so, the settled answers to the doubts or issues with the information I have provided will still have to arrive, perhaps as they similarly did to our known historical shared King, Canute (Knut), by your own experiences and efforts. I'm not in the slightest bit trying to sway you toward any way of thinking which may be felt even slightly uncomfortable to you, that is a judgement call you yourself will decide if and when to arrive at in due course, the party in this case will be ongoing for some time to come, and there'll be plenty refreshment to go around as, when & indeed if you decide to join, or indeed not, it really doesn't matter, nor does it much change the rotatation of the world.
I'm neither suggesting that the good doctor commenting need trouble himself with such 'witchcraft' from these darker continents you mention in passing - he is not paid by the taxpayer here to bend the rules, but to go by the book, and the book is quite clear presently where it stands on the matter of Ivermectin. I'm equally sure it's the same over the North Sea with yourselves. Cultural and political differences in our mindsets come into play at this stage, however. Whereas Denmark has a fantastic cradle to grave suite of social services (and a tax system suitably avaricious to foot the bill for same, all approved by, and voted for by the good Danish people who benefit) including a wonderful health service, we here in Scotland may in parts seek to emulate such a great system, but alas we lack the wherewithal to pay for it, and so we have to rely a little more on enterprise at a more personal level. It is quite clear that you are unpersauded by the unconventional means by which the Ivermectin angle in our story has been arrived at, and I'm sure others too will have some reservations about a thing such as a medicine being potentially dual purpose. Many of us too will have 'grave reservations'
about taking responsibility for our own health and care, the more so
if we feel we are already paying others to decide and do the heavy lifting on our behalf. This independent thought, though, to some on this side of the water, is not such a novel concept. Unlike yourself, my own enquiring mind rather seeks to find out more on this matter, whereas you seem to have for the present drawn your line in the aforementioned sand, and may prefer not to contact the numerous addresses and contact references contained within the papers who remain convinced as to the veracity of, and that is all perfectly legitimate and fine too, indeed it is your right. In similar train, you will doubtless be guided by those medical staff whom you trust or can assure you as to your enquiries about this or that form of treatment, which is all very correct and as you see best. Where we part though is at the point where it is clearly not my desire here to do this work for you, as personally speaking, I do not need to know which mayor, of what city, in which land has issued the medicine and to whom, such 'granular' details I am willing to take at face value from those who say it is so. As ever, you and anyone else are most welcome to contact these people for yourself, and satisfy yourself as to these assertions.
A side vignette, for the gallery:
I recall many years ago now travelling by car toward Ikast in mid Jylland, when I was confronted by a novel sight - a roundabout! I know there are a great many these days, so it is quite true that times change, but in the Eighties this was a rare and novel sight, if I recall correctly, I think there were reckoned then to be no more than four in the entire Country, and people were known to actually drive to view this novel marvel of the highways. When I remarked about the roundabout and enquired about this with my Danish chum, he told me in somewhat lowered tones that a study had been made a few years previously, from which a report came to be published, the thrust of the findings being that, in the opinion of the person gathering the information, 'the Danish people may not be culturally prepared as yet to accept roundabouts'; of course we can laugh about such a conservative notion now, and I'm sure there are far more roundabouts in use throughout the land today, but the thing that struck me was not so much the findings of the report, but the fact that it was felt necessary to have a feasibility study in the first place. So you see, these cultural differences may still influence our respective viewpoints.
Back to the matter in hand:
You may feel that Dr Hector Carvallo and colleagues do not in some way qualify in your own esteem as being medical professionals, and that is perfectly well for you to so decide. I have already pointed toward the information whereby you or indeed anyone else may or may not further satisfy their curiosity as to the countries where the numerous studies and trials have been undertaken, but I'm not in the business of spoonfeeding or fetching for you, this you will decide whether to do for and by yourself, I'm merely providing some of the means to achieve this to your own satisfaction, or otherwise, but any further breakdown of information or clarification will require some small effort by your own hand.
Like the other H C, H C Andersen, there will doubtless be a happy ending to the story, but I'm afraid to advise that it does rather involve 'turning over the pages' for oneself.
Keep digging!
