Thank you for standing up. If my post stays on FB long enough before being sensored and removed I have passionate friends that will share. May GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT give you PEACE during this time!
Dr Bowden is an amazing caring doctor she treated both me and my son with Ivermectin due to covid it works amazingly she got us the right dose in my opinion it’s the best thing for covid and it works for any stage of the vires Joanie Herring
The medical profession as well as the clinical literature profession is at the brink of ruin. The “science” behind the vaccine mandate hysteria is anything but. The vaccine does not provide immunity. It also does not help prevent spread. This is all about money, power and control. Unfortunately, many people have willingly handed over their freedom to a bureaucracy that ultimately has no interest in then. These same people would strip naked and run into oncoming traffic if it meant continuing access to Tik Tok.
Ivermectin is listed as the #2 drug to treat Covid-19 on NIHs own website. Also listed on PubMed https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33278625/ Those who try to save themselves by saying they were only following orders, will not escape justice.
Those Who Created Covid WILL Hang—CCP Says It Won’t Be Them.
In 2019, National Biosafety Laboratory, Wuhan had leaked COVID-19 bioweapons.Deep State had introduced Covid-19 into US in order to allowed some states in US to use ‘mail-in ballots’ and ‘vote counters’ to remove President Trump from his seat.
What a blessing when doctors actually adhere to their vow! Ivermectin IS FDA approved and not approved by default 'emergency' label but truly tested and approved with little to no side affects. When someone is dying to deny a drug that scientifically stops the RNA production of the virus, is inhumane and honestly murder. Not only is it the best chance at survival, it is insane that anyone would have to even go to the courts to get approval for a doctor to dispense an FDA approved drug. What is this even about and why is this being allowed???? This is insanity! IF the 'vaccine' was truly a 'vaccine' that would be one thing but the point is that regardless if you are 'vaccinated' or not you CAN spread this virus. Why are we not combating it from all directions and with any potential drug that even is remotely effective? Please stick this out and do what is right MAYBE you can lead some doctors that may be on the fence and need a leader. Don't stop, continue to do the right thing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufy2AweXRkc
I do appreciate this doctor being willing to treat the non vaxxed. She is certainly at her discretion to choose whom to render medical services too so long as she continues to observe the Hippocratic Oath.
The NAZI DOCTORS (by Robert Lifton) is a book about how German doctors became part of the medicalized genocide in NAZI Germany.
Today, the majority of physicians are Silent in the face of DEADLY Fake Vaccines, Vaccination Mandates by Hospitals (enforced against their own employees) and the denial of proven therapeutics like Monoclonal Antibodies and Ivermectin.
Today's NAZI DOCTORS have chosen hospital priviledges over their Hippocratic oaths to First do NO
If this officer dies because he wasnt give the medicine that would have saved him, this hospital and directors should be sued to the hilt. They should also be dubjected to the Nurenberg style trials that are coming eventually when the political regime is stopped and a patriotic God fearing administration is instituted. They have already been elected but a coup occurred.
I saw your article, and am thoroughly disgusted by how you have been treated, and by the suffering this is being allowed to go on by your being denied the ability to treat your patients.
You must read below- I receive emails from a very learned friend and former associate named Austin, and his emails have numerous snippets of news from his friend, Fred.
Fred sends out emails with links to what is actually going on in the world. I posted the first few paragraphs below to give you a sense of what these emails contain.
The second set of paragraphs may save the life of the patient you mentioned in the article by Emily.
From my friend, Austin Elliott-
Long Covid
By way of Friend Fred, for the more technically inclined:
The battle has finally been joined, way too late, sadly, and today I have to report that evidence is now building that the Jab is effective at targeting white blood cells; see Countdown to Zero Immunity. Healthy people have about 9 million WBC's per cc of blood. These little guys are charged with identifying pathogens of all kinds, bacterial, fungal, viral, or extraneous poisons. There are ten envelope proteins coded for in the envelope protein portion of the spike protein mRNA in the Jab. These ten non-structural proteins (meaning they are not required to build a new virus particle) all have functions which interfere with signaling and gene expression. Note that Moderna was proudly proclaiming two years ago that all their products are gene therapies; they are designed to change gene expression in the human cell (and they do). Some of these genes affected control production of ferritin, which mobilizes iron, pulling it out of other places where it is needed and bringing it to the virus infected cells. See Low Iron Mitigates Viral Survival Some trigger production of more CD4 cells, those assigned to identifying invaders, and inhibit production of more CD8 (killer T cells), those assigned to killing invaders, which they achieve by changing the signaling environment within the bone marrow, where WBC's are produced from hematopoietic stem cells. See Monocytes as Viral Targets This results in killing off the defensive cells the immune system uses to fight invaders, and preventing their replacement. Without CD8 killer T cells, your immune system cannot fight infection, and that is exactly what the latest UK government data shows is happening to those who 'volunteered' to be 'vaccinated.' Their immune response capability is being destroyed at the nominal rate of about 5% per week, meaning that in about 20 weeks their immune system will be shut down, and they will be susceptible to dying from any simple infection. Some of those non-structural proteins in the Jab change the signaling environment to encourage pro-inflammatory antibody production; a sufficient inflammatory environment becomes a cytokine storm, where the immune system attacks healthy cells, produces a flood of Reactive Oxygen Species, and eventually sepsis and organ failure.
We do not have the same quality of data from Ireland, see Outbreak of the Fully Vaccinated, but the implications should be apparent. The 'vaccine' shuts down the immune system and the virus, which is still around, finds ideal conditions to proliferate. The media calls this a 'breakout' case, and will ascribe it to a new 'variant,' and blame the non-vaxxed, but it is a direct result of the Jab shutting down the immune system.
Dr,
This next segment from Fred is Crucial-
Regular use of chlorine dioxide can substitute for immune deficiency in fighting bacterial and viral infections, but the Jab also inhibits production of Tumor Necrosis Factor, TNF, a specific antibody which identifies pre-cancerous cells and marks them for death, and also inhibits the APOBEC enzymes which interfere with transcription of genes which code for endogenous viruses. The results of these two gene expression interferences will be the proliferation of cancers and previously suppressed viruses, especially of the herpes, cytomegalovirus, papillomavirus, and viral myelitis, with consequences of hepatitis, multiple sclerosis, and other forms of auto-immune demyelination disorders such as Guillian-Barre.
The ultimate result of this attack on the immune system will be multiple system failures with diverse consequences which will be hard to identify and difficult to treat, and because millions of patients will present with this complex, the sick care system, which is in the process of firing all the experienced and qualified personnel, will be helpless to identify and treat, assuming any treatment is actually known or available, for these specific failures. A slow, ugly, and painful mass die-off looks scheduled to occur this holiday season. A Dark Winter indeed.
Chlorine Dioxide- Ivermectin has a low effectiveness once the patient is at the point of needing hospitalization-
Hi Austin, et al,
Thanks for bringing this issue up, as I think it may have implications for defeating the cabal.
Here is my theory of what is going on here: the Sputnik5 vaccine is an adenovirus vector formula, it uses an adenovirus (a common cold virus) which has been 'killed,' (a virus is not alive, so killed is poor wording, but it has been modified such that it cannot reproduce itself), to which has been added, by CRISPR methods, the RNA coding for the spike protein. So the adenovirus delivers the DNA plasmid containing the now useless adenovirus, and the instructions for making the spike protein, to the cell nucleus, and messenger RNA for instructions to assemble the spike are transcribed. However, the Russians have not bought into the NWO cabal of trans-national corporations dystopian plan to subvert the sovereignty of nations with their money/power/extortion/genocide strategy, thus Russia remains an enemy of the NWO cabal, which includes the WHO, Bill Gates of Hell, the UN, and other nefarious NGO's claiming to be helping the plandemic along.
So my guess is that the Russians were actually interested in creating a real vaccine, not a kill shot. Thus when they applied their CRISPR methods to the wild virus, they did not include the RNA for the ten non-structural envelope proteins which are encoded in the spike portion of the viral genome. They just included the spike itself. When injected into 'vaxxees,' this vaccine produces spike proteins, which present on the surfaces of infected cells, and these initiate the immune response which learns to recognize the spike and interfere with its docking on cell receptors. This process includes the production of pro-inflammatory antibodies TNF, IL-1 and IL-6, but by themselves, these do not cause violent adverse reactions, and valid immune response and memory of the spike is established. Thus Sputnik5 would seem to be a good vaccine, with good benefit/risk ratio. It does not kill.
I responded briefly below, but here are more details. Houston Methodist, which suspended Dr. Bowden's hospital privileges and said she "is spreading dangerous misinformation which is not based on science," is slandering her, at least to the extent they mean ivermectin (the statement isn't specific). Ivermectin is clearly "based on science"; it just doesn't have the degree of support some authorities wish for it to have. But the NIH updated their guidelines a few months ago from a weaker to a stronger stance (now it is neither for nor against), based on scientific evidence. There are several meta-analyses, numerous RCTs and observational studies, plenty of case studies, and epidemiological evidence from places like Uttar Pradesh in India where with minimal vaccination but contact tracing and distribution of ivermectin to all exposed people they have essentially wiped out COVID in a state that has 2/3 the population of the U.S. It is also extremely safe, with a decades-long track record in billions of human doses. People in countries with impure water supplies take it regularly to prevent/treat parasites. It is FDA-approved for such conditions; doctors can use FDA-approved drugs for off-label uses.
But instead of supporting ivermectin and applauding Dr. Bowden's success, Houston Methodist publishes things like this article (Sept. 10, 2021) that gives "5 Reasons You Shouldn't Take Ivermectin for COVID-19." https://www.houstonmethodist.org/blog/articles/2021/sep/5-reasons-you-shouldnt-take-ivermectin-for-covid-19/. The misinformation contained therein is an embarrassment for a hospital that claims Dr. Bowden is spreading misinformation. Here are the 5 arguments:
"1. There's no evidence that ivermectin is effective against COVID-19." -- NO evidence? None at all? Maybe they don't think the evidence is persuasive. OK, but to say there is none? That's just false! They are effectively accusing thousands of doctors, NIH, and several other countries' health agencies--of making recommendations and clinical decisions with "no evidence." They cite an in vitro study as not supporting the proposed mechanism but failed to address the rebuttal of that argument by FLCCC (including further work by the same study's authors on other cells including alveolar). And to suggest that ONE retracted study was all that supported ivermectin? What nonsense! Besides the fact that the retraction was NOT by the authors and has raised serious concerns (see the BIRD group's Dr. Tess Lawrie's response), this was far from the only study, and Houston Methodist is spreading misinformation in the extreme when it says, "So, does any data currently exist to support taking ivermectin for COVID-19? No." Not ANY??!!
"2. Ivermectin isn't authorized or approved for COVID-19 prevention or treatment" -- As already stated, off-label uses of FDA approved drugs are done all the time by physicians. This argument is a red herring. But it is likely to mislead the uninformed.
"3. There can be dangerous side effects to taking ivermectin" -- Sure, any drug can have side effects (and that includes vaccines). But the real question is, how severe and how frequent? Ivermectin has an extensive history of extreme safety. It has far fewer adverse events reported than for aspirin, for example. Furthermore, a lot of false information has been intentionally put out by FDA/CDC and others to make it sound like there has been a big upsurge in serious effects from taking ivermectin, but these have been shown to be false, just like the doctor who claimed that an ER was turning away gunshot patients because it was full of patients poisoned by ivermectin; the ER denied it and said that doctor didn't even work there.
"4. We already have effective, safe ways to stay safe from COVID-19" -- So what? That isn't the point. We're talking here about TREATMENT of COVID. And the listed preventive measures aren't working all that well in any case; numerous symptomatic breakthrough cases among vaccinated individuals were reported in early adopters like Israel and the UK, and are now rising in the US as well, as Dr. Bowden herself reported in her practice. Furthermore, Methodist Hospital says your PCP can put you at ease about vaccine anxiety, telling you about "the mild side effects that may occur," not mentioning serious adverse events including death. Hopefully the actual disclosures are complete and accurate, but I doubt that Methodist encourages patients (or parents) to fully consider risks vs. benefits, as they should do especially when vaccinating children.
"5. We have authorized and approved treatments for COVID-19". Here, Methodist lists 3 treatments "authorized and approved." These include: Remdesivir, Monoclonal antibody therapy, and Convalescent plasma therapy. First, monoclonal antibody therapy is presently only available to certain higher risk patients (or the politically connected), and that's assuming your provider can even get their hands on it (thanks to government distribution practices). But if she can get it, that is a treatment Dr. Bowden offers her patients, so she and Methodist agree on this one. What about the other two?
Remdesivir has a checkered history; its Ebola trial was terminated due to excess deaths. In its clinical trial for COVID and its subsequent widespread use, remdesivir was associated with kidney damage (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7907730/). The trial's endpoint was changed near the end of the trial, raising questions of legitimacy (though Gilead claimed the change was made by an independent group of statisticians long before it was implemented shortly before results were announced), and remdesivir was shown statistically to moderately reduce time on supplemental oxygen (not mortality). Would YOU choose high risk of kidney damage for a modest reduction in time on supplemental oxygen? The trial results were prematurely announced in a rushed announcement by Dr. Fauci in the White House on the SAME DAY that a peer-reviewed Chinese study was published in The Lancet that found it didn't work. Critics smeared the Chinese study for being too small, yet it was a couple hundred patients and it also did testing showing no reduction of viral load--you don't need a large RCT to see that effect. Europeans reached a different conclusion than the NIH study. Based on its Solidarity trial, WHO concluded remdesivir “had little or no effect on hospitalized patients with Covid-19, as indicated by overall mortality, initiation of ventilation, and duration of hospital stay.” (Maybe we should keep in mind that when NIH is involved in developing technology, its inventors and the lab are entitled to royalties, up to $150,000 per inventor per year for the life of the patent, with excess going to the lab, creating a financial conflict-of-interest.)
What about convalescent plasma (CP)? Early enthusiasm for that has waned after several RCTs found it to be ineffective. And, the NIH takes the same position on CP's level of evidence as it does for ivermectin--i.e., a neutral stance. How can Houston Methodist claim there isn't science behind ivermectin and yet recommend convalescent plasma when it has the same NIH rating for evidence?
In summary--Houston Methodist has made a strong accusation against Dr. Bowden. But held to the same standard, they themselves would fail. They are spreading misinformation to their patients and the world. It really leaves one wondering how much of this is financially driven.
(I might add that Houston Methodist makes a big deal about all their staff being vaccinated. True, since they fired the unvaccinated awhile back. This despite the fact that many of those staff had risked their health and lives treating patients in 2020, contracted COVID and recovered, and now have natural immunity at least as (if not more) effective than vaccination. Where was Houston Methodist's interest in science--let alone ethics or compassion--then? And are they testing all their now-vaccinated staff biweekly to ensure THEY aren't infected transmitters, as “the science” shows vaccinated people can easily be? No. That might be scientific, but it doesn't follow the pro-vaccine narrative, and besides, that would cost money. Better to market their “100% vaccinated staff” status to prey on the ignorance of the public, furthering the public misconception that they are safe from infection when surrounded by only-vaccinated-people. Nothing could be further from the truth, as shown by an Oxford University in-hospital COVID transmission study in a 100% vaccinated hospital in Vietnam.)
Thank you Emily - I shared on GAB. God Bless and keep this Doctor and you! Thank you for what you do!
We love real doctors like Doctor Bowden! Not these evil, genocidal doctors who get off on causing suffering and death because they can.
Emily,
Thank you for alerting us to the situation with Dr Bowden!
I’m a proud patient of Dr. Bowden. Thank you Emily.
Thank you for standing up. If my post stays on FB long enough before being sensored and removed I have passionate friends that will share. May GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT give you PEACE during this time!
Dr Bowden is an amazing caring doctor she treated both me and my son with Ivermectin due to covid it works amazingly she got us the right dose in my opinion it’s the best thing for covid and it works for any stage of the vires Joanie Herring
The medical profession as well as the clinical literature profession is at the brink of ruin. The “science” behind the vaccine mandate hysteria is anything but. The vaccine does not provide immunity. It also does not help prevent spread. This is all about money, power and control. Unfortunately, many people have willingly handed over their freedom to a bureaucracy that ultimately has no interest in then. These same people would strip naked and run into oncoming traffic if it meant continuing access to Tik Tok.
Ivermectin is listed as the #2 drug to treat Covid-19 on NIHs own website. Also listed on PubMed https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33278625/ Those who try to save themselves by saying they were only following orders, will not escape justice.
Those Who Created Covid WILL Hang—CCP Says It Won’t Be Them.
In 2019, National Biosafety Laboratory, Wuhan had leaked COVID-19 bioweapons.Deep State had introduced Covid-19 into US in order to allowed some states in US to use ‘mail-in ballots’ and ‘vote counters’ to remove President Trump from his seat.
Forensic audit!
What a blessing when doctors actually adhere to their vow! Ivermectin IS FDA approved and not approved by default 'emergency' label but truly tested and approved with little to no side affects. When someone is dying to deny a drug that scientifically stops the RNA production of the virus, is inhumane and honestly murder. Not only is it the best chance at survival, it is insane that anyone would have to even go to the courts to get approval for a doctor to dispense an FDA approved drug. What is this even about and why is this being allowed???? This is insanity! IF the 'vaccine' was truly a 'vaccine' that would be one thing but the point is that regardless if you are 'vaccinated' or not you CAN spread this virus. Why are we not combating it from all directions and with any potential drug that even is remotely effective? Please stick this out and do what is right MAYBE you can lead some doctors that may be on the fence and need a leader. Don't stop, continue to do the right thing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufy2AweXRkc
I do appreciate this doctor being willing to treat the non vaxxed. She is certainly at her discretion to choose whom to render medical services too so long as she continues to observe the Hippocratic Oath.
The NAZI DOCTORS (by Robert Lifton) is a book about how German doctors became part of the medicalized genocide in NAZI Germany.
Today, the majority of physicians are Silent in the face of DEADLY Fake Vaccines, Vaccination Mandates by Hospitals (enforced against their own employees) and the denial of proven therapeutics like Monoclonal Antibodies and Ivermectin.
Today's NAZI DOCTORS have chosen hospital priviledges over their Hippocratic oaths to First do NO
Harm.
She should invoke the federal Right To Try law.
If this officer dies because he wasnt give the medicine that would have saved him, this hospital and directors should be sued to the hilt. They should also be dubjected to the Nurenberg style trials that are coming eventually when the political regime is stopped and a patriotic God fearing administration is instituted. They have already been elected but a coup occurred.
Dr,
I saw your article, and am thoroughly disgusted by how you have been treated, and by the suffering this is being allowed to go on by your being denied the ability to treat your patients.
You must read below- I receive emails from a very learned friend and former associate named Austin, and his emails have numerous snippets of news from his friend, Fred.
Fred sends out emails with links to what is actually going on in the world. I posted the first few paragraphs below to give you a sense of what these emails contain.
The second set of paragraphs may save the life of the patient you mentioned in the article by Emily.
From my friend, Austin Elliott-
Long Covid
By way of Friend Fred, for the more technically inclined:
https://nkalex.medium.com/long-covid-dysfunction-not-damage-theory-and-treatment-concepts-853ae4e22f1a
MOAR FROM FRIEND FRED
Extensive commentary by Friend Fred. Old, old refrain by now for most of us, but some new and troubling illumination too.
Fred tidies up his links but that sometimes leaves them inoperative through the forwarding process, so here they are pasted in:
https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-10-18-countdown-to-zero-immunity-vaccine-victims-immune-response-drop-by-5-percent-each-week.html
https://jmhg.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s43042-020-00114-z
https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/19/9/2821/htm
https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-10-18-ireland-town-fully-vaccinated-massive-covid-outbreak.html
The text of Fred's first note, mildly edited:
Greetings All,
The battle has finally been joined, way too late, sadly, and today I have to report that evidence is now building that the Jab is effective at targeting white blood cells; see Countdown to Zero Immunity. Healthy people have about 9 million WBC's per cc of blood. These little guys are charged with identifying pathogens of all kinds, bacterial, fungal, viral, or extraneous poisons. There are ten envelope proteins coded for in the envelope protein portion of the spike protein mRNA in the Jab. These ten non-structural proteins (meaning they are not required to build a new virus particle) all have functions which interfere with signaling and gene expression. Note that Moderna was proudly proclaiming two years ago that all their products are gene therapies; they are designed to change gene expression in the human cell (and they do). Some of these genes affected control production of ferritin, which mobilizes iron, pulling it out of other places where it is needed and bringing it to the virus infected cells. See Low Iron Mitigates Viral Survival Some trigger production of more CD4 cells, those assigned to identifying invaders, and inhibit production of more CD8 (killer T cells), those assigned to killing invaders, which they achieve by changing the signaling environment within the bone marrow, where WBC's are produced from hematopoietic stem cells. See Monocytes as Viral Targets This results in killing off the defensive cells the immune system uses to fight invaders, and preventing their replacement. Without CD8 killer T cells, your immune system cannot fight infection, and that is exactly what the latest UK government data shows is happening to those who 'volunteered' to be 'vaccinated.' Their immune response capability is being destroyed at the nominal rate of about 5% per week, meaning that in about 20 weeks their immune system will be shut down, and they will be susceptible to dying from any simple infection. Some of those non-structural proteins in the Jab change the signaling environment to encourage pro-inflammatory antibody production; a sufficient inflammatory environment becomes a cytokine storm, where the immune system attacks healthy cells, produces a flood of Reactive Oxygen Species, and eventually sepsis and organ failure.
We do not have the same quality of data from Ireland, see Outbreak of the Fully Vaccinated, but the implications should be apparent. The 'vaccine' shuts down the immune system and the virus, which is still around, finds ideal conditions to proliferate. The media calls this a 'breakout' case, and will ascribe it to a new 'variant,' and blame the non-vaxxed, but it is a direct result of the Jab shutting down the immune system.
Dr,
This next segment from Fred is Crucial-
Regular use of chlorine dioxide can substitute for immune deficiency in fighting bacterial and viral infections, but the Jab also inhibits production of Tumor Necrosis Factor, TNF, a specific antibody which identifies pre-cancerous cells and marks them for death, and also inhibits the APOBEC enzymes which interfere with transcription of genes which code for endogenous viruses. The results of these two gene expression interferences will be the proliferation of cancers and previously suppressed viruses, especially of the herpes, cytomegalovirus, papillomavirus, and viral myelitis, with consequences of hepatitis, multiple sclerosis, and other forms of auto-immune demyelination disorders such as Guillian-Barre.
The ultimate result of this attack on the immune system will be multiple system failures with diverse consequences which will be hard to identify and difficult to treat, and because millions of patients will present with this complex, the sick care system, which is in the process of firing all the experienced and qualified personnel, will be helpless to identify and treat, assuming any treatment is actually known or available, for these specific failures. A slow, ugly, and painful mass die-off looks scheduled to occur this holiday season. A Dark Winter indeed.
Chlorine Dioxide- Ivermectin has a low effectiveness once the patient is at the point of needing hospitalization-
Hi Austin, et al,
Thanks for bringing this issue up, as I think it may have implications for defeating the cabal.
Here is my theory of what is going on here: the Sputnik5 vaccine is an adenovirus vector formula, it uses an adenovirus (a common cold virus) which has been 'killed,' (a virus is not alive, so killed is poor wording, but it has been modified such that it cannot reproduce itself), to which has been added, by CRISPR methods, the RNA coding for the spike protein. So the adenovirus delivers the DNA plasmid containing the now useless adenovirus, and the instructions for making the spike protein, to the cell nucleus, and messenger RNA for instructions to assemble the spike are transcribed. However, the Russians have not bought into the NWO cabal of trans-national corporations dystopian plan to subvert the sovereignty of nations with their money/power/extortion/genocide strategy, thus Russia remains an enemy of the NWO cabal, which includes the WHO, Bill Gates of Hell, the UN, and other nefarious NGO's claiming to be helping the plandemic along.
So my guess is that the Russians were actually interested in creating a real vaccine, not a kill shot. Thus when they applied their CRISPR methods to the wild virus, they did not include the RNA for the ten non-structural envelope proteins which are encoded in the spike portion of the viral genome. They just included the spike itself. When injected into 'vaxxees,' this vaccine produces spike proteins, which present on the surfaces of infected cells, and these initiate the immune response which learns to recognize the spike and interfere with its docking on cell receptors. This process includes the production of pro-inflammatory antibodies TNF, IL-1 and IL-6, but by themselves, these do not cause violent adverse reactions, and valid immune response and memory of the spike is established. Thus Sputnik5 would seem to be a good vaccine, with good benefit/risk ratio. It does not kill.
I responded briefly below, but here are more details. Houston Methodist, which suspended Dr. Bowden's hospital privileges and said she "is spreading dangerous misinformation which is not based on science," is slandering her, at least to the extent they mean ivermectin (the statement isn't specific). Ivermectin is clearly "based on science"; it just doesn't have the degree of support some authorities wish for it to have. But the NIH updated their guidelines a few months ago from a weaker to a stronger stance (now it is neither for nor against), based on scientific evidence. There are several meta-analyses, numerous RCTs and observational studies, plenty of case studies, and epidemiological evidence from places like Uttar Pradesh in India where with minimal vaccination but contact tracing and distribution of ivermectin to all exposed people they have essentially wiped out COVID in a state that has 2/3 the population of the U.S. It is also extremely safe, with a decades-long track record in billions of human doses. People in countries with impure water supplies take it regularly to prevent/treat parasites. It is FDA-approved for such conditions; doctors can use FDA-approved drugs for off-label uses.
But instead of supporting ivermectin and applauding Dr. Bowden's success, Houston Methodist publishes things like this article (Sept. 10, 2021) that gives "5 Reasons You Shouldn't Take Ivermectin for COVID-19." https://www.houstonmethodist.org/blog/articles/2021/sep/5-reasons-you-shouldnt-take-ivermectin-for-covid-19/. The misinformation contained therein is an embarrassment for a hospital that claims Dr. Bowden is spreading misinformation. Here are the 5 arguments:
"1. There's no evidence that ivermectin is effective against COVID-19." -- NO evidence? None at all? Maybe they don't think the evidence is persuasive. OK, but to say there is none? That's just false! They are effectively accusing thousands of doctors, NIH, and several other countries' health agencies--of making recommendations and clinical decisions with "no evidence." They cite an in vitro study as not supporting the proposed mechanism but failed to address the rebuttal of that argument by FLCCC (including further work by the same study's authors on other cells including alveolar). And to suggest that ONE retracted study was all that supported ivermectin? What nonsense! Besides the fact that the retraction was NOT by the authors and has raised serious concerns (see the BIRD group's Dr. Tess Lawrie's response), this was far from the only study, and Houston Methodist is spreading misinformation in the extreme when it says, "So, does any data currently exist to support taking ivermectin for COVID-19? No." Not ANY??!!
"2. Ivermectin isn't authorized or approved for COVID-19 prevention or treatment" -- As already stated, off-label uses of FDA approved drugs are done all the time by physicians. This argument is a red herring. But it is likely to mislead the uninformed.
"3. There can be dangerous side effects to taking ivermectin" -- Sure, any drug can have side effects (and that includes vaccines). But the real question is, how severe and how frequent? Ivermectin has an extensive history of extreme safety. It has far fewer adverse events reported than for aspirin, for example. Furthermore, a lot of false information has been intentionally put out by FDA/CDC and others to make it sound like there has been a big upsurge in serious effects from taking ivermectin, but these have been shown to be false, just like the doctor who claimed that an ER was turning away gunshot patients because it was full of patients poisoned by ivermectin; the ER denied it and said that doctor didn't even work there.
"4. We already have effective, safe ways to stay safe from COVID-19" -- So what? That isn't the point. We're talking here about TREATMENT of COVID. And the listed preventive measures aren't working all that well in any case; numerous symptomatic breakthrough cases among vaccinated individuals were reported in early adopters like Israel and the UK, and are now rising in the US as well, as Dr. Bowden herself reported in her practice. Furthermore, Methodist Hospital says your PCP can put you at ease about vaccine anxiety, telling you about "the mild side effects that may occur," not mentioning serious adverse events including death. Hopefully the actual disclosures are complete and accurate, but I doubt that Methodist encourages patients (or parents) to fully consider risks vs. benefits, as they should do especially when vaccinating children.
"5. We have authorized and approved treatments for COVID-19". Here, Methodist lists 3 treatments "authorized and approved." These include: Remdesivir, Monoclonal antibody therapy, and Convalescent plasma therapy. First, monoclonal antibody therapy is presently only available to certain higher risk patients (or the politically connected), and that's assuming your provider can even get their hands on it (thanks to government distribution practices). But if she can get it, that is a treatment Dr. Bowden offers her patients, so she and Methodist agree on this one. What about the other two?
Remdesivir has a checkered history; its Ebola trial was terminated due to excess deaths. In its clinical trial for COVID and its subsequent widespread use, remdesivir was associated with kidney damage (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7907730/). The trial's endpoint was changed near the end of the trial, raising questions of legitimacy (though Gilead claimed the change was made by an independent group of statisticians long before it was implemented shortly before results were announced), and remdesivir was shown statistically to moderately reduce time on supplemental oxygen (not mortality). Would YOU choose high risk of kidney damage for a modest reduction in time on supplemental oxygen? The trial results were prematurely announced in a rushed announcement by Dr. Fauci in the White House on the SAME DAY that a peer-reviewed Chinese study was published in The Lancet that found it didn't work. Critics smeared the Chinese study for being too small, yet it was a couple hundred patients and it also did testing showing no reduction of viral load--you don't need a large RCT to see that effect. Europeans reached a different conclusion than the NIH study. Based on its Solidarity trial, WHO concluded remdesivir “had little or no effect on hospitalized patients with Covid-19, as indicated by overall mortality, initiation of ventilation, and duration of hospital stay.” (Maybe we should keep in mind that when NIH is involved in developing technology, its inventors and the lab are entitled to royalties, up to $150,000 per inventor per year for the life of the patent, with excess going to the lab, creating a financial conflict-of-interest.)
What about convalescent plasma (CP)? Early enthusiasm for that has waned after several RCTs found it to be ineffective. And, the NIH takes the same position on CP's level of evidence as it does for ivermectin--i.e., a neutral stance. How can Houston Methodist claim there isn't science behind ivermectin and yet recommend convalescent plasma when it has the same NIH rating for evidence?
In summary--Houston Methodist has made a strong accusation against Dr. Bowden. But held to the same standard, they themselves would fail. They are spreading misinformation to their patients and the world. It really leaves one wondering how much of this is financially driven.
(I might add that Houston Methodist makes a big deal about all their staff being vaccinated. True, since they fired the unvaccinated awhile back. This despite the fact that many of those staff had risked their health and lives treating patients in 2020, contracted COVID and recovered, and now have natural immunity at least as (if not more) effective than vaccination. Where was Houston Methodist's interest in science--let alone ethics or compassion--then? And are they testing all their now-vaccinated staff biweekly to ensure THEY aren't infected transmitters, as “the science” shows vaccinated people can easily be? No. That might be scientific, but it doesn't follow the pro-vaccine narrative, and besides, that would cost money. Better to market their “100% vaccinated staff” status to prey on the ignorance of the public, furthering the public misconception that they are safe from infection when surrounded by only-vaccinated-people. Nothing could be further from the truth, as shown by an Oxford University in-hospital COVID transmission study in a 100% vaccinated hospital in Vietnam.)