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For the curious, reasonably recent discussions from several TWiV episodes on Ivermectin. [3] is quite recent (Jun 9). [4] reviews a study which is mildly encour
by raphlinus 5y ago
For the curious, reasonably recent discussions from several TWiV episodes on Ivermectin. [3] is quite recent (Jun 9). [4] reviews a study which is mildly encouraging. I think it's fair to say that the jury is still out, and it does deserve more investigation.
Fun fact: Vincent Racaniello's wife worked on Ivermectin at Merck, and on a recent livestream (the 6/16 one) he suggested it would be reasonable to take it, especially because it's known to be safe.
[1]: https://youtu.be/4hGVeZGfEnU?t=5414 https://youtu.be/4hGVeZGfEnU?t=5414
[2]: https://youtu.be/N0-H28vzOps?t=1452 https://youtu.be/N0-H28vzOps?t=1452
[3]: https://youtu.be/teJ1wXyEf1Q?t=1905 https://youtu.be/teJ1wXyEf1Q?t=1905
[4]: https://youtu.be/kz1Ja5zH1n8?t=1720 https://youtu.be/kz1Ja5zH1n8?t=1720
- raphlinus 5y agoAnother great review from the last couple weeks, by Derek Lowe: https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2021/06/07/ivermectin-as-a-covid-19-therapy https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2021/06/07/iv... Same tl;dr. It's possible it works, but the evidence for it is not strong.
- jiofih 5y agoKnown to be safe as in “you may get hepatitis”.
- AndrewBissell 5y agoThe best way to prevent this from happening would be to allow doctors to prescribe it, so people don't screw up the dose by buying it from veterinary supply stores. You may get myocarditis from the vaccines, but that doesn't stop anyone from calling them "safe."
- PragmaticPulp 5y agoDoctors can prescribe it off-label. At least in the United States.