Molnupiravir, a drug Merck thinks “may be the answer to Covid-19”, is now all the rage. The company will be asking for authorization to use it, presumably in an EUA since there are “no other treatments for ambulatory (non-hospital) persons.”
That’s bull****, of course, but bull**** is the norm; just ignore the elephants in the room — all of them — for which we have a crap-ton of safety data spanning decades.
This is a “new molecule.” I looked at it. Those who are calling it Merckmectin or Phizermectin (that is, an “on-patent” reformulation of an extremely safe and widely-distributed drug) are making a serious error, and that error may kill you.
