Mel Gibson claims Covid drug paralyzed him and killed his friend in shocking confession to Joe Rogan
Mel Gibson claims he was left paralyzed for three months after taking a popular Covid drug used to treat Donald Trump.
The 69-year-old actor opened up on Joe Rogan‘s podcast about his harrowing experience with remdesivir in 2020.
He revealed that he contracted Covid shortly after his gardener contracted the virus, and that they both went to the same hospital and were given the antiviral medication.
The drug, manufactured by California-based Gilead Sciences Inc, was the first drug to be approved for emergency use in the US to treat critically ill Covid patients.
But Gibson suggests the drug, given through an IV, ‘killed’ his gardener and friend of 20 years while leaving him with serious side effects.
He revealed on Rogan’s show: (My gardener and I) both went to the same hospital and he died and I didn’t. I think we were both given remdesivir, which is not good.
‘I couldn’t walk for three months after taking that stuff… because it kills you. I discovered afterwards that it kills you.’
According to the Cleveland Clinic, remdesivir has a number of side effects, including allergic reactions, breathing problems, diarrhea and nausea, but not paralysis or muscle weakness.
Mel Gibson claims he was paralyzed for three months after taking a popular Covid drug, backed by Dr Anthony Fauci
Remdesivir can cause confusion and fainting, which makes walking difficult.
In contrast, Covid itself is known to affect the nervous system and cause movement problems in rare cases.
NIH scientists explain on the government agency’s website that there are people who have had Covid after an initial infection can develop a variety of inflammatory syndromes that affect the brain, spinal cord, or nerves.
If the inflammation affects a part of the brain responsible for movement and sensory information, it can lead to paralysis.
They say the type of paralysis that Covid could cause typically starts in the lower limbs and spreads to the upper limbs.
Several large studies of remdesiver and Covid found the drug was linked to an up to 62 percent lower risk of in-hospital death, including an NIH study.
One study, funded by Gilead, showed that patients who received remdesivir within 10 days of the onset of symptoms had better outcomes compared to those treated after more than 10 days of symptoms.
Gibson first made his Covid diagnosis public in July 2020.
His then-representative revealed that he spent a week in a Los Angeles hospital in April after testing positive for the virus.
But after treatment he tested negative and was able to return home.
Remdesivir, sold under the brand name Veklury, was developed by Gilead Sciences to treat Ebola, the deadly hemorrhagic fever that emerged in West Africa in 2014.
It works by blocking an enzyme that helps the coronavirus make copies of itself and in turn spread through the body.
Remdesivir, sold under the brand name Veklury, was developed by Gilead Sciences to treat Ebola, the deadly hemorrhagic fever that emerged in West Africa in 2014.
The antiviral drug – given intravenously to patients as part of a five-day treatment – was used to treat President Trump and former White House doctor Anthony Fauci said the US had to share it with the world during the early days of the Covid-19 .
The federal government quickly moved to stockpile the drug.
While several studies supported the benefits of remdesivir, a World Health Organization (WHO) study later claimed it did not improve Covid survival rates.
In a study commissioned by the organization, remdesivir was given to 2,750 of more than 11,000 patients between March and early October 2020.
The $2,340 treatment course did little to improve survival rates or shorten the recovery of people with Covid.
Now that he’s back in good health, Gibson says he’s working toward a longer, healthier life, with one of his techniques being the 30:30:30 diet.
The method, promoted by biohacker Gary Brecka, involves eating 30 grams of protein within 30 minutes of waking, followed by 30 minutes of steady-state cardiovascular exercise such as walking.
Regular saunas and stem cell therapies are other health habits Gibson favors.