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Garbage In Garbage Out Open-Label studies on some poor country are not "quality evidence". (On the other hand I don't take that manufacturer's statement as a f

Garbage In Garbage Out Open-Label studies on some poor country are not "quality evidence". (On the other hand I don't take that manufacturer's statement as a fair and honest assessment of the drug) We do need serious studies on the repurposing of drugs, but people take it as their silver bullet.

ds206 5y ago
No one is paying for studies where there is no money to be made later. It's a chicken and egg problem in a way. Ivermectin is cheap and off patent.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago
  > No one is paying for studies where there is no money to be made later A number of public and philanthropic groups write grants. I’ve written grants. And just because a commercial interest funds a study doesn’t mean it’s B.S.
  - ds206 5y ago
    Oh I'm not saying that commercial interest automatically makes a study BS. I'm saying that commercial interest is commercial interest so why would it fund a study that isn't commercially viable? Ivermectin isn't a money maker. It's a life saver. Vaccines and other new solutions are money makers and life savers (they hope)
_holographic_ 5y ago
Garbage sure, as the many testimonies from doctors all around the world that say it works spectaculary. Big Pharma is running the show so no one is going to finance fancy double blind RCT´s. It´s completely crazy to ignore treatments for C19, this disease is easily treatable on symptom onset.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago
  > testimonies from doctors all around the world that say it works spectaculary I have no view on this drug. But this standard of evidence is useless. Every substance-disease pair has positive testimony from doctors around the world. Ground tiger bones for cancer? Paprika for polio? Leeches for fever? tons of testimony. Totally worthless. What you need are quality studies.
  - ds206 5y ago
    Here, I have a video to fill you in a little about Ivermectin. It's only 12 mins long. If you watch it, I have a question for you. Based on the info in the video, do you think Ivermectin has potential to treat covid? Yes or no? https://youtu.be/4O7uy4tzI8A https://youtu.be/4O7uy4tzI8A Another question. Should videos like this be banned by YouTube?
    - raverbashing 5y ago
      Indians and Brazilians have been using it liberally. People continue to die in droves (including young people)

ds206 5y ago

No one is paying for studies where there is no money to be made later. It's a chicken and egg problem in a way. Ivermectin is cheap and off patent.

JumpCrisscross 5y ago
> No one is paying for studies where there is no money to be made later A number of public and philanthropic groups write grants. I’ve written grants. And just because a commercial interest funds a study doesn’t mean it’s B.S.
- ds206 5y ago
  Oh I'm not saying that commercial interest automatically makes a study BS. I'm saying that commercial interest is commercial interest so why would it fund a study that isn't commercially viable? Ivermectin isn't a money maker. It's a life saver. Vaccines and other new solutions are money makers and life savers (they hope)

_holographic_ 5y ago

Garbage sure, as the many testimonies from doctors all around the world that say it works spectaculary. Big Pharma is running the show so no one is going to finance fancy double blind RCT´s. It´s completely crazy to ignore treatments for C19, this disease is easily treatable on symptom onset.

JumpCrisscross 5y ago
> testimonies from doctors all around the world that say it works spectaculary I have no view on this drug. But this standard of evidence is useless. Every substance-disease pair has positive testimony from doctors around the world. Ground tiger bones for cancer? Paprika for polio? Leeches for fever? tons of testimony. Totally worthless. What you need are quality studies.
- ds206 5y ago
  Here, I have a video to fill you in a little about Ivermectin. It's only 12 mins long. If you watch it, I have a question for you. Based on the info in the video, do you think Ivermectin has potential to treat covid? Yes or no? https://youtu.be/4O7uy4tzI8A https://youtu.be/4O7uy4tzI8A Another question. Should videos like this be banned by YouTube?
  - raverbashing 5y ago
    Indians and Brazilians have been using it liberally. People continue to die in droves (including young people)