Joe repeated over and over that Ivermectin was effective against Covid "in vitro" and therefore, it should be taken seriously as a real treatment.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-70143-6
Here are some alternatives.
In this study, we screened the PRESTWICK CHEMICAL LIBRARY composed of 1,520 approved drugs in an infected cell-based assay. The robustness of the screen was assessed by the identification of drugs that already demonstrated in vitro antiviral effect against SARS-CoV-2. Thereby, 90 compounds were identified as positive hits from the screen and were grouped according to their chemical composition and their known therapeutic effect. Then EC50 and CC50 were determined for a subset of 15 compounds from a panel of 23 selected drugs covering the different groups. Eleven compounds such as macrolides antibiotics, proton pump inhibitors, antiarrhythmic agents or CNS drugs emerged showing antiviral potency with 2 < EC50 ≤ 20 µM. By providing new information on molecules inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 replication in vitro, this study provides information for the selection of drugs to be further validated in vivo.
Here are some more "in vitro" success stories:Among these 90 hits, we identified drugs that previously demonstrated to inhibit in vitro the SARS-CoV2 replication. Accordingly, Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine13,14,15,16 were shown to limit in vitro SARS-CoV-2 replication with an Inh. Index of 1.35 and 1.43 respectively. In addition to chloroquine derivatives, two other hits are also currently evaluated in different clinical trials, namely Darunavir17 and Azythromycine18.
Remdesivir
Azithromycine
Spirámycin
Omeprazole
Alprostadil
Oxprenolol hydrochloride
Hydroxy-chloroquine
Clemizole hydrochloride
Spiperone
Arbidol
Dyclonine hydrochloride
Azit
Azithromycine
Spirámycin
Omeprazole
Alprostadil
Oxprenolol hydrochloride
Dolutegravir
Sulfadoxine
Quinidine 10 hydrochloride
Vonoprazan
Exemestane
Opipramol dihydrochloride
Dyclonine hydrochloride
Dolutegravir
If success "in vitro" is good enough to write a prescription, then lets spread the joy around and spare the farm animals of the world a whole lot of extra pain by raiding one of their most important medicines.