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> IIRC some countries actually rolled out ivermectin at scale, but AFAIK, the studies have all been disappointing in terms of its effectiveness. Oh it's even w
by input_sh 5y ago
> IIRC some countries actually rolled out ivermectin at scale, but AFAIK, the studies have all been disappointing in terms of its effectiveness.
Oh it's even worse than that. Argentinian study concluded that those who received ivermectin over placebo ended up on a respirator sooner[0]:
> The mean time from study enrollment to invasive mechanical ventilatory support (MVS) was 5.25 days (SD ± 1.71) in ivermectin group and 10 days (SD ± 2) in placebo group, (p = 0.019).
[0] https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-021-06348-5 https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s128...