Less than 10 weeks ago the UN agency responsible for international health convened "an independent, international panel of experts, which includes clinical care

Less than 10 weeks ago the UN agency responsible for international health convened "an independent, international panel of experts, which includes clinical care experts in multiple specialties and also include an ethicist and patient-partners." Their findings concluded there was in fact "very low certainty" of any possible positive effects. The group reviewed pooled data from 16 randomized controlled trials (total enrolled 2407), including both inpatients and outpatients with COVID-19. They determined that the evidence on whether ivermectin reduces mortality, need for mechanical ventilation, need for hospital admission and time to clinical improvement in COVID-19 patients is of “very low certainty,” due to the small sizes and methodological limitations of available trial data, including small number of events. https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/who-advises-that-ivermectin-only-be-used-to-treat-covid-19-within-clinical-trials https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/who-adv...