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Study finds lower COVID19 incidence with Ivermectin, a $2 drug
- IG_Semmelweiss 6y agoWe all know the saying that correlation does not mean causation, however, there's even more to this story: The FDA - approved drug inhibits replication of COVID-19 in vitro. Sources: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166354220302011 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016635422... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32251768/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32251768/
- gnusty_gnurc 6y agoSeems like government and leaders are committed to a vaccine exit from the pandemic. Repurposed drugs have gotten too little attention and energy, and I suspect there's a connection with intellectual property and profit. If we could fast-track a vaccine - why not stuff like this?
- f6v 6y agoAFAIK repurposing drugs takes longer on average. There’s new flu vaccine every year, right?
- IG_Semmelweiss 6y agoIt seems that in most of south america, about half of the upper class in on a voluntary dose of Ivermectin. Im starting to hear anecdata from a large part of hispanic american patients asking MDs on ways to getting doses in USA (and of course there's nothing of the sort in here). There's a coin flip chance that for a patient coming in ( that is hispanic), said person is on the drug.