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In-vitro studies show it has antiviral effects[1] against SARS-CoV-2, at a required dosage higher than the safest achievable. If Merck says it has no statistica
by iab 5y ago
In-vitro studies show it has antiviral effects[1] against SARS-CoV-2, at a required dosage higher than the safest achievable. If Merck says it has no statistically observable effect in a controlled trial, and the FDA discourages it's use without further study, I would say there is no widespread disinformation, but more an abundance of caution. I know many people in Southern-Africa who are taking Ivermectin as a front-line defense against COVID, but are doing so in the absence of any other treatment (Somthing must be done; this is something; therefore we must do it). Now that Sinovac is widely available and distributed, this is no longer necessary there.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivermectin#COVID-19_misinformation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivermectin#COVID-19_misinforma...
- shaicoleman 5y agoThere are over 50 studies showing Ivermectin is effective. https://ivmmeta.com/ https://ivmmeta.com/
- iab 5y agoThe largest clinical trial that I could find here have a COVID positive population of 70 people [1]. This reinforces my point I believe, in that there is no systemic anti-ivermectin bias, but there is a dearth of information wrt. dosage requirements, efficacy, etc. If larger clinical trials show that it is broadly effective - that is great news. But it would be irresponsible to recommend it as a frontline treatment without this information surely? [1]https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149291821002010 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014929182...
- shaicoleman 5y agoSome larger clinical trials do exist, but they are not getting published. This section of the video below discusses how a moderately large (n=600) prospective randomised controlled didn't even manage to get to the peer review stage in the major journals. https://youtu.be/byFEU1A5MRY?t=2756 https://youtu.be/byFEU1A5MRY?t=2756 For reference, Dr. Pierre Kory testified to the US Senate about how steroids can save lives back in May 2020, when everyone else recommended against it at the time. https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Testimony-Kory-2020-05-06-REVISED.pdf https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Testimony-Kory-20... Just in the last 48 hours, an Ivermectin crowdfunding campaigns for Ivermectin research by Dr. Tess Lawrie just got whacked without explanation. http://web.archive.org/web/20210427180730/https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-get-lifesaving-drug-approved-for-covid19 http://web.archive.org/web/20210427180730/https://www.gofund... https://twitter.com/EvidenceLimited/status/1393496445626486784 https://twitter.com/EvidenceLimited/status/13934964456264867... Regarding the dosage, FLCCC publishes a prevention and early outpatient treatment protocol: https://covid19criticalcare.com/covid-19-protocols/i-mask-plus-protocol/ https://covid19criticalcare.com/covid-19-protocols/i-mask-pl... If you're interested, you can watch the full video where Dr. Pierre Kory discusses how financial interests has systematically corrupted the health and science fields. https://youtu.be/byFEU1A5MRY https://youtu.be/byFEU1A5MRY