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Monicen  1yr ago (doyourownresearch.substack.com)   3301 thread views

Ivermectin: Much Less Than You Needed To Know

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Scott's reward for interacting with this guy is that this guy will now not leave him alone.

The reactions of Scott, his fans, and Trust The Science people to Alexandros' posts leave me convinced that Ivermectin probably works against covid.

And it's pretty fun to watch the counterarguments collapse to "why are you still talking about it!"

I am more pro-ivermectin than the median or mean.

"why are you still talking about it!"

I can get why it seems that way if someone is only absorbing the pathos.

If I pulled up Alexandros's blog today and saw he was still talking about it, I would say "oh, okay" and move on.

But Alex keeps on trying to drag Scott back into the argument. I get that Alex found someone who is not was not treating him like a freak and that was a relief, just like it was for Ralph Wiggum when he got a pity valentine from Lisa Simpson. And now Alex stalks Scott and demands Scott pay attention to Alex's latest argument.

I did a control-F for "scott" on this blog and got sixty-three matches. It shows up over twice as many times as "ivermectin."

So it is not "why are you still talking about ivermectin" and more "why are you still talking about Scott!"

Using someone’s name in an article whose whole topic is a piece they wrote is demanding their attention now? How so?

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