Now I'm not sure if this mechanism of helping secondary parasite infections was understood at the time of the initial 'buzz' by researchers. I'm sure at least s

Now I'm not sure if this mechanism of helping secondary parasite infections was understood at the time of the initial 'buzz' by researchers. I'm sure at least some of them had a pretty good idea. Regardless, what I remember the initial scuffle being about was that some people wanted to go out and try ivermectin before any good studies had been done to confirm these earlier hopes. That doesn't sound very scientific to me. It sounds desperate. You can argue Ivermectin might have a good enough safety profile to have warranted experimenting on yourself. And I tend to err on the side of trusting people to understand a little about taking their healthcare into their own hands. That said, it's not exactly how medical professionals see things. And people did get poisoned here and there after all. The average person doesn't know how to self administer medicine. I think this is why the 'worth a shot' opinion on ivermectin wasn't a great idea and it wasn't because the people excited about it were better persuaded by facts and logic.