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To anyone seeing this link please beware. The linked PDF recommends several treatments that have insufficient evidence of being safe or effective, such as Iverm
by dougmwne 5y ago
To anyone seeing this link please beware. The linked PDF recommends several treatments that have insufficient evidence of being safe or effective, such as Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine. The only pre-hospitalization treatment currently recommend by the NIH with strong evidence is Monoclonal antibodies. Other previously recommended treatments such as steroids and Remdesivir have weak or conflicting evidence. Steroids are still recommended in a hospital setting.
I'm sure many of us are familiar with sources of statical bias and issues such as multiple testing error. These things apply to clinical trials just as much as email subject line testing. That is why it is important to focus care on treatments that have strong evidence and continuing to study new treatments with insufficient evidence. Politics should not determine treatment, evidence should.
Please see the NIH pages on current covid care recommendations, which also include pages on treatments with insufficient evidence, their theorized mechanism and the state of research.
https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/management/clinical-management/clinical-management-summary/ https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/management/cl...