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Goa Recommends Ivermectin After Scientists Say Its Use Can End Covid-19 Pandemic
- wolverine876 5y agoCould anyone here address the credibility of the news source or the research?
- libx 5y agoMaybe you can find this useful: https://c19early.com/ https://c19early.com/ Several well studied drugs are effective for treatment or avoidance of the disease.
- wrycoder 5y agoOr this: https://covid19criticalcare.com/ivermectin-in-covid-19/ https://covid19criticalcare.com/ivermectin-in-covid-19/ https://covid19criticalcare.com/covid-19-protocols/i-mask-plus-protocol/ https://covid19criticalcare.com/covid-19-protocols/i-mask-pl... Edit: For an informative, but lower quality source: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2021/05/i-dont-know-of-a-bigger-story-in-the-world-right-now-than-ivermectin-ny-times-best-selling-author.html https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2021/05/i-dont-know-of-a-big...
- rolph 5y agoivermectin is primarily used to combat parasites. the dose required to perturb the mechanisms contributing to covid infection are toxic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivermectin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivermectin
- wrycoder 5y agoThe Wikipedia article on ivermectin treatment of COVID is just some editor’s opinion. It isn’t properly referenced. Here are some references: https://covid19criticalcare.com/ivermectin-in-covid-19/ https://covid19criticalcare.com/ivermectin-in-covid-19/
- rolph 5y agothere are 115 references regarding ivermectin, and they are not misinformation. Ivermectin is toxic in the doses required to influence covid. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.antiviral.2020.104805 https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.antiviral.2020.104805 (200 micrograms per kg) will not influence covid in the way that was observed in cultured cells in vitro "The FDA-approved drug ivermectin inhibits the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro" Antiviral Res. 2020 Jun; 178: 104787. Published online 2020 Apr 3. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2020.104787 a dosage of 2uMoles in vivo et situ is most definitely not recommended to dose at 1.6 grams/kilogram is not recommended. AP fact check also means nothing to me. i also dont trust wikipedia, what i do trust is that it is obvious who has made a critical review of primary literature, and who has not despite the resources being presented.
- wrycoder 5y agoThe recommended dose is the same (200 micrograms per kg) as used to treat parasites in humans, per the Wikipedia article. We are talking about COVID. See the referenced studies in the links I provided. An AP “fact check” means nothing to me. Nor does obviously politicized opinion.
- wolverine876 5y ago> per the Wikipedia article > An AP “fact check” means nothing to me. You trust Wikipedia more than the AP? The AP isn't perfect, and if that's the standard, why even bother discussing this?
- wrycoder 5y agoThe use of ivermectin to treat human parasites is famous and has been a great success story. My evaluation of the WP article is that the content is neutral, except for the section on its use as a palliative for COVID. The difference in tone and emotion in that section is obvious. I have no reason to disbelieve the dose level cited in WP for treatment of parasites in humans, because the topic became politicized only after COVID arrived. OTOH, I have not verified it. The 0.2 mg / kg is the same as the dose recommended in the I-Mask protocol I linked above. My belief is that "fact checkers" for the media, including the AP, are, in general, unqualified either by training or experience to perform that function. It also appears to me that a high proportion of "fact checks" are eventually shown to be false and politically motivated. I usually discount them, unless they provide solid references that I can trace. While WP is often biased on topics which have become politicized, as a long-time WP editor I am used to examining the edit history and the talk pages in order to dig out what factual information may be present. At least, one can observe the differences of opinion between WP editors. With "fact checkers", one usually just receives an opinion from on high, often with the word "debunked" attached. That word is a tell, in itself - it's an appeal to authority. I'm posting a link in response to @rolph, which you might find useful. It's an example of an article in which the author is trying hard to stay neutral. Well, I'll post it here, too: https://sebastianrushworth.com/2021/05/09/update-on-ivermectin-for-covid-19/ https://sebastianrushworth.com/2021/05/09/update-on-ivermect...
- donezo 5y agoOh we can say it out loud now? Nice. Like the lab leak theory. I'm glad I kept my mouth shut until this week, or I would have been a racist.