I consulted a medical doctor, Dr. Heidi Klessig (also one of our blog community), as to whether Pepto-Bismol might be a cure for COVID. She examined the material from clinicaltrials.gov and reported:
Pepto-Bismol “might be helpful for intestinal symptoms of C-19… I didn’t see that they actually completed the study… I doubt it would have any effect on respiratory symptoms.”
Oh, well. The headline raised false hopes. Headlines do that sometimes.
I don’t have the science background to evaluate this report, but some of you do [paging Heidi!].
Does ordinary Pepto-Bismol, like you can find on the shelves or your local supermarket or drug store, cure COVID? A 2021 study seems to suggest that it does (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04811339).
A few of you out there are medical professionals. What do you think of this?
Of course I want it to be true! It’d make Fumblin’ Fauci look a right jackass, wouldn’t it? And maybe it could save a couple million lives. Maybe even expose some arch-villains who need to be exposed… and punished.
But I’m not qualified to voice an opinion on the merits of this study.