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No. It's not that clear. > If you don't have worms, ivermectin will not help you This makes sense and is supported by some data. > COVID outcomes are better
by blip54321 5y ago
No. It's not that clear.
> If you don't have worms, ivermectin will not help you
This makes sense and is supported by some data.
> COVID outcomes are better without parasites
This dramatically understates interactions in the immune system. I can go into a longer essay, but:
1) Parasites suppress the immune system (they release chemicals to moderate immune response; otherwise, the immune system would destroy them)
2) There is some evidence that the immune system evolved to operate when suppressed by worms. Autoimmune diseases and allergies may be a symptom of worm-free life.
3) Most of the damage from COVID19 comes from the immune system and not the disease (that's true of most diseases, for that matter).
4) ... and so on.
We have absolutely no idea how ivermectin, worms, and COVID interact. It's too complex a system.
- ncmncm 5y agoWe have some idea, just nothing very solid. There are lots of different parasitic worms -- maybe of more species than we have mammals -- and lots of places they infest, to lots of different degrees. That outcomes in certain places where worms are a problem seem better with vermicidal treatment suggests the net effect of, anyway, heavy infestations seen in, anyway, those places is negative. I see a recent report that "long COVID" looks like a result of COVID stimulating expression of ancient retroviral genes long after the primary COVID infection has been suppressed. COVID keeps on giving.