Yes, because religious activities were at or near the center of everyday life for many. It was the topic of discussion during meals. It defined people and their personalities. Now politics has taken that place, and I'm not sure we're better that way.
At least with religion we mostly know what is supposed to be right and wrong. It's exhausting when it changes every month and something innocent I said last month is taken as an awful slight next month
Conservative like the people that the old hippies used to call squares. The people who wanted you to fall in line and get a hair cut, get a job, and stop listening to that evil music.
How does a deworming paste kill an entire organism without harming the host? Do you have a grasp of the mechanism of action? Why is it unlikely that it would have anti-viral effects? My intuition is you have absolutely no idea.
Do some searching and dig in. If you spent a few days reading articles about how this works you might see a possibility of it having some benefit in this case. It's ok to read, you're not going to hurt anyone because nobody is going to ask you (or me) for your opinion on the matter, but you would at least have a basis for why you think the way you do.
Ivermectin may or may not help people with covid, i have no idea. My point is that dismissing it outright based on tabloid characterizations is not helpful. It’s propaganda.
