A lot of people have asked how Ivermectin actually works against Covid.
It makes small changes to importin a-1, a messenger protein that is the gatekeeper to the cells nucleus, or control center, which is where the virus wants to go to implant its code so the cell starts reproducing viral particles.
These small temporary and safe changes mean that when the COVID attaches to the importin a-1 to allow it access to the nucleus via the nuclear membrane, the unchanged importin b-1, which is the nuclear "bouncer" waiting for the password provided by importin a-1 and its guest, does not recognize a-1 and therefore the virus is denied entry into the nucleus. Game over.
So I made up a handy mnemonic device to help you remember: ivermectin is Importin.
So if anyone asks, now you know.
There are other ways it helps but the importin a/b disruption is one of the biggest.
Well, since viruses do not exist in the first place, this cannot be how Ivermectin works to heal people who are sick.
Ivermectin does seem to be beneficial, though.
Here is a paper published in 2012 stating that Ivermectin helps inhibit the Importin A role, but it was all done in vitro, not in vivo. Therefore, any conclusions are suspect, at best.
In addition, the paper is focused on HIV, which also does not exist. Therefore, we are really talking about Ivermectin's effect in vitro on poisoned cells (the ONLY kind used in virus testing of any kind). So, it doesn't mean anything, really.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3327999/
However, it might be possible that Ivermectin helps get proteins into cells at a greater rate than would happen without it, and that is how it is beneficial. Just spitballing, though.
Here is a 2020 study on ivermectin and a number of other viruses:
https://ann-clinmicrob.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12941-020-00368-w
Whatever they are it's clearly doing something to stop them
So people get sore throats, coughs, sniffles, sneezing, runny noses, etc from?
This may also be why ivermectin has shown effectiveness with some cancers also
The messenger proteins also seem to allow for the spread of inflammation between cells which is why SSRIs like fluvoxamine are highly effective covid treatments.