I googled it out of curiosity into how Ivermectin became a thing for Covid and while it doesn't appear that the mechanism is fully understood, according to the studies that were performed with it; it did seem to improve the condition.
According to this meta-analysis of 63 different studies, there's a statistical improvement in patients that take Ivermectin as a prophylactic measure or during the early stage of the virus. 24 of 27 studies show an 88.9% improvement in early treatment. 20 in 22 show a 90.9% improvement. 14 out of 14 show a 100% improvement. All together, it's 58 studies out of 63 showing a 92.1% reporting of positive effects.
https://ivmmeta.comAt least 44 of those 63 trials were peer reviewed. Even selecting just the peer reviewed trials it shows 70% improvement overall.
I'm not saying this is a justification for taking Ivermectin. I'm not a doctor. But the rhetoric is there's
no evidence to support it does anything to affect covid. Which, I guess if you don't understand the mechanism for it then the statement holds up. I also understand that even peer reviewed studies can be flawed, but there are apparently 44 of them. Those studies to me seem like there's at least
some evidence that Ivermectin helps (the human kind, not the horse kind).
Of course, whether or not it's a thing doesn't mean you should not get a vaccine or otherwise. So what are the issues with these peer reviewed studies I'm missing? I tried finding a concise explanation for the flaws only to find one of the major studies having plagiarism concerns and being retracted. What about the other 62 or the 43?
It seems again to me that we're back down the path of hyperbole and this is the covid news media equivalent of "THIS NEW DRUG WILL CURE CANCER" when it ended up killing a couple of cancer cells in a lab trial. Obviously nobody shouldn't be eating horse goo, but if Joe Rogan's doc prescribed him some ivermectin and it doesn't have any negative impact on his health, why are we upset?
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