It was used as a mouthwash 30, 40 years ago, as a local antiseptic. In some cases it had a dermatological and bactericidal use. But no real antiviral use is known to serious research. Lapidary, the Enrique Lpez Loyo, President of the National Academy of Medicine of Venezuela, ruled out that Carvativir, promoted by President Nicols Maduro as “miraculous gothic”, has any effect on the prevention and cure of Covid-19.
To date, 183,190 positives and 1,905 deaths have been recorded in Venezuela, figures that could be higher, according to international organizations, given the Maduro regime’s informational opacity.
The end of January The Venezuelan president surprised the world by announcing “10 drops under the tongue every four hours and the miracle is done” in allusion to a thyme-based phytotherapeutic preparation known locally as ‘the miraculous drops’ by Jos Gregorio Hernndez, a physician who lived between 1864 and 1919 and who will be beatified by Pope Francis this year.
Maduro presented some “miraculous” drops that “neutralize” the coronavirus
True to its form, in a television conference, Maduro He went so far as to reveal that he would share that formula with the World Health Organization (WHO) “for certification”, after making sure he already had “the country’s official health license to present the drug that neutralizes 100% of the coronavirus.”
Even announced the start of “mass production of the drug” for distribution in all hospitals and health centers in the country. Even disclosed that his government plans to “export thousands of doses of Carvativir to the countries that are part of the ALBA bloc with Venezuela (Cuba, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Haiti). and other Caribbean countries) and commercialize with those countries with which it maintains a strategic relationship. “
Lopez Loyo said that “the regime of Maduro notes that plant compositions can have a coadjuvant effect as infusions associated with therapy, but they have no scientific conviction to be proclaimed as protective or to cure these pathologies ”.
After emphasizing that The WHO has determined that there are no preventive drugs against Covid-19, the head of the highest medical institution in Venezuela I said, “The problem here is the vaccine: we need vaccination.”