Bring up Ivermectin on any lefty forum or platform, and you will immediately find yourself in a swamp of hate and censorship. Why is that? You would think that we would all be interested in a drug that is cheap, safe, and effective. I suspect big pharma use their billions to hire shills that attack anyone who dares to suggest that a cheap, safe, and effective drug could be a viable alternative to their cash-cow vaccines. But I also think there's more to it than just profits. It's also about power.
Leftists are obsessed with dominating and dictating people's lives. They hate the idea of self determination and freedom of choice, except when it suits them. Ivermectin, which is readily available and cheap, puts control of healthcare in the hands of the people, not some bureaucrat or "health professional." I think that they hate rapid testing for the same reason. If you can quickly and accurately determine whether or not you're sick, then maybe a vaccine is not needed, and you get to decide which one you prefer. Can't have that. This is why I think there's so much push back against Ivermectin and other readily available remedies, vitamins, and supplements. It's not just about health and the lost profits for Big Pharma. Ivermectin wrestles power away from institutional bureaucracy and puts it squarely in the hands of the individual. An abhorrent idea to those who would rather have you in chains.
Simple: it's not effective, and hence a distraction from finishing the pandemic.
Also not effective. You know what is effective?
The only way the pandemic ends is this thing circulates through enough of the population and it mutates itself into a relatively harmless variant.
The government can't legislate it's way out of a pandemic.