Horse dewormer? That is just willful ignorance and/or a deliberate attempt to unnecessarily stir the pot. It is contrary to fact and adds little to the discussion. I'm not suggesting whether one should or should not take ivermectin to treat covid. But, it is such statements that create a divide and seeds suspect of motive in people's minds.
It has hardly been "well established that ibuprofen kills more people every year than the vaccine". That's a bold statement not necessarily based in fact. The vaccine has only been out for a year. We do not yet know the long term or what the future holds for those who have taken the vaccine. Now children will be required to be vaccinated. The death rate of children from covid is very, very, very low. It approaches negligible as it relates to mandating a vaccine that could and/or possibly will negatively effect the health of children, long term, or short term resulting in death. We do not yet know. Why would we want to find out? To save ourselves? Sacrifice our children to save ourselves? That's akin to child sacrifice in the days of old to save the crops, to save the village. Granted, those sacrifices were rooted in superstition, where as the efficacy of the vaccine in preserving life has thus far been established. But the point still stands. It's immoral, selfish, sinful and God-less. Moloch would be pleased.
Imagine a world where if it is in the cards so to speak we just allow the far less vulnerable to just get covid, children. Establish herd immunity. I'm not a scientist. But I think we can be reasonably sure that when we go to a restaurant they will take care not to poison us with spoiled food. You don't create business by killing your customer base. In the same way I would think the covid would prefer to survive. Over time the strains or variants will become less and less lethal. Sooner or later we will have to face that in the long run it is something we will have to live(or die) with. I don't know, like I said I am not a scientist.
Recently I posted a link to a paper from The National Institute of Health's NCBI. To my knowledge nobody commented other than petty political nit picking on how I may have come upon the paper. I digress. In the summary section of the paper it is stated(emphasis added), "In summary, even as efforts should be made to encourage populations to get vaccinated it should be done so with humility and respect. Stigmatizing populations can do more harm than good. Importantly, other non-pharmacological prevention efforts (e.g., the importance of basic public health hygiene with regards to maintaining safe distance or handwashing, promoting better frequent and cheaper forms of testing) needs to be renewed in order to strike the balance of learning to live with COVID-19 in the same manner we continue to live a 100 years later with various seasonal alterations of the 1918 Influenza virus.
This thread has been a mess. I'll spare a lecture or assigning blame other than to say one person is not solely responsible.
Fat chance.
Where is the nearest one?
