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This looks less ridiculous than the last metaanalysis on Ivermectin that was posted here. Still if you look at it there's some reason for caution. Not all of t
by hannob 5y ago
This looks less ridiculous than the last metaanalysis on Ivermectin that was posted here.
Still if you look at it there's some reason for caution. Not all of the included studies were RCTs, some were not blinded. If you look at the "Risk of Bias"-Table there are really only three studies that could qualify as high quality.
I'm waiting for judgement from medical experts.
- andreilys 5y agoUnfortunately medical experts are not allowed to discuss this in public, so we’re left with back door meetings where Pharma execs will inevitably push outcomes that will be favorable for their bottom line. Who wants to invest billions of dollars into a new vaccine/anti-viral drug only to lose out on all that investment by Ivermectin which will not contribute a single cent to the Pharma execs year-end bonus?
- belltaco 5y agoMerck sells Ivrmectin and recently had their vaccine candidate fail, they might be behind this push for IVR, with all the behind the scenes PR for it and the questionable speciality anonymous websites in this thread.
- leesalminen 5y agoMerck is developing a new anti-viral drug that would be much more profitable than Ivermectin. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-03-25/merck-mrk-molnupiravir-pill-could-change-the-fight-against-covid https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-03-25/merck-mrk...
- hannob 5y ago> Unfortunately medical experts are not allowed to discuss this in public I've heard and read quite a bunch of them discuss this in public in the past, they must've been unaware that this is illegal. Or maybe it just isn't.
- bananabiscuit 5y agoIt’s not illegal, it’s just career suicide.
- jiofih 5y agoThe medical experts at Frontiers of Pharmacology, the #2 journal in the field, rejected the paper due to lack of rigor.
- 6nf 5y agoIvermectin is extremely safe, over a billion doses take by humans over the last several decades. Safer than Tylenol. If you catch covid and you're in a danger group, I would just take it. The evidence that I can see is strong enough to risk 'tylenol' level dangers.