Sekler: Ivermectin is tested, it's also used for humans, shouldn't be "stick" against anti-vaxxers

Milanko Sekler; Photo: Screeenshot Youtube/RTS

Some time ago, virologist and microbiologist from the Veterinary Institute in Kraljevo, Dr. Milanko Sekler, revealed that he was experimenting with Ivermectin. He explained what that was about, but again touched on the issue of this drug, which has lately been the subject of a lot of controversy.

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"I don't like that everything turned into Ivermectin being a cattle, veterinary drug, because that is not true, it is used for both people and animals, Just as penicillin and streptomycin are used for humans and animals, only nobody's calling these two drugs cattle drugs, although we also give them to animals," Sekler was explicit during his appearance on RTS.

He added that in countries around the world, Ivermectin is being tested in clinical trials.

"It has secured its application in protocols, among others in North Macedonia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, in some hospitals in the United States, France, the Netherlands, Italy, so it is used in clinical studies trying to prove and see if there is any effect or not (in treating Covid)," said Sekler.

Speaking about his experiment, Sekler mentioned that it was conducted in January.

"At the first mention that Ivermectin could be used in the treatment of coronavirus, I conducted an experiment. One part was done on animals, and the other in a veterinary laboratory with a colleague.

The antiviral effect of the drug was examined, but in no case, neither in laboratory conditions, i.e., on artificial cells, on tissue culture, nor on animals (poultry) infected with coronavirus, was it proven.

I reserve the right to say that it is possible that it had an immuno-stimulatory or anti-inflammatory effect, but that is much harder to prove," explained the virologist and microbiologist.

"In any case, I am of the opinion that a person should never be exclusionary and I think that our Ministry of Health should inquire at the Ministry of Health of North Macedonia about the use of Ivermectin for humans and that maybe, given that we have sent them vaccines and that our bilateral relations are excellent, our delegation can go there, and they could share information with us. I don't want Ivermectin to turn into a 'stick' with which to 'beat' opponents of vaccination.

And the most important thing, the man who first said that Ivermectin may have some beneficial effect against Covid is Pierre Kory, and he was the first to say that it is not a substitute for the vaccine.

So, I repeat, the man who is doing the biggest research on Ivermectin on the planet, who started the project of examining the possible effects of Ivermectin on Covid, is the one who also notes that the vaccine has no alternative."

(Telegraf.rs)