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I've taken their comments to be "Believing Ivermectin as a cure against covid is dangerous in the same sense that believing rubbing butter on your elbow is a cu

I've taken their comments to be "Believing Ivermectin as a cure against covid is dangerous in the same sense that believing rubbing butter on your elbow is a cure against covid." (People turn down legit treatments, and are more lackadaisical about spreading it as they believe there is a universal cure) Along with "Taking ivermectin in dosages at for the body weight of large animals puts people at high risk of overdose." (Which many people have done) Both of those statements seem true to me.

artificialLimbs 5y ago
>> is dangerous in the same sense that believing rubbing butter on your elbow is a cure against covid. So we should follow the CDC recommended advice of not doing anything until it’s bad enough to be hospitalized as a good alternative? >> Taking ivermectin in dosages at for the body weight of large animals puts people at high risk of overdose. Are you talking about that single mass media article that was later completely retracted because it was discovered to have been completely made up, or are there other instances?
- nicoburns 5y ago
  > So we should follow the CDC recommended advice of not doing anything until it’s bad enough to be hospitalized as a good alternative? I think the relevant alternative in this case might be getting vaccinated (which presumably the CDC recommends) which is sufficient to avoid hospitalisation in most cases. It's not everyone, but a lot of the people promoting ivermectin seem to be motivated by wanting to avoid the vaccine.
- notahacker 5y ago
  No, we should follow the CDC advice to get vaccinated, with well documented efficacy against COVID-19 mortality, rather than the popular alternative of not taking the vaccine but instead relying on self prescribing a medication thought only to be effective in treating a comorbidity you probably don't have.
- nradov 5y ago
  Which CDC recommended advice are you referring to? In the USA our official treatment guidelines come from the NIH and they do recommend therapies for at least some patients prior to hospitalization. https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/ https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/

artificialLimbs 5y ago

>> is dangerous in the same sense that believing rubbing butter on your elbow is a cure against covid. So we should follow the CDC recommended advice of not doing anything until it’s bad enough to be hospitalized as a good alternative? >> Taking ivermectin in dosages at for the body weight of large animals puts people at high risk of overdose. Are you talking about that single mass media article that was later completely retracted because it was discovered to have been completely made up, or are there other instances?

nicoburns 5y ago
> So we should follow the CDC recommended advice of not doing anything until it’s bad enough to be hospitalized as a good alternative? I think the relevant alternative in this case might be getting vaccinated (which presumably the CDC recommends) which is sufficient to avoid hospitalisation in most cases. It's not everyone, but a lot of the people promoting ivermectin seem to be motivated by wanting to avoid the vaccine.
notahacker 5y ago
No, we should follow the CDC advice to get vaccinated, with well documented efficacy against COVID-19 mortality, rather than the popular alternative of not taking the vaccine but instead relying on self prescribing a medication thought only to be effective in treating a comorbidity you probably don't have.
nradov 5y ago
Which CDC recommended advice are you referring to? In the USA our official treatment guidelines come from the NIH and they do recommend therapies for at least some patients prior to hospitalization. https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/ https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/