The Ivermectin discussion

The most easily quantifiable way to describe the indefensible lack of “approval” for ivermectin in COVID-19 is to note the actual amount of supportive clinical trials evidence in COVID-19, both randomized (31) and observational (32), including more than 26,000 patients with the near majority of all studies finding at least some important benefit with treatment.

Then compare that evidence to the average amount of evidence relied upon to formulate the treatment guidelines of the Infectious Disease Society of America:

In a 2010 review of 65 of its most recent guidelines, the IDSA found that 50% of guideline recommendations were made without any trials evidence in support and were termed “expert opinion only.”

Another 31% of guideline recommendations were based solely on observational studies, while only 16% of all recommendations were based on at least one randomized controlled trial.

In other words, the number of legitimate clinical trials for ivermectin have been far superior to those for the IDSA’s treatment guidelines.

Furthermore, ivermectin was approved for the treatment of scabies by the World Health Organization based only on 10 randomized controlled trials, including 852 patients. Despite the fact that these trials found ivermectin inferior to the cream it was being tested against, it still won approval due to its low cost and ease of administration.

I am no medical expert and will no pretend to be one. But the above and censorship of ivermectin and the disingenuous reporting and statements by the authorities and media by referring to the animal version of ivermectin are all signals to me that ivermectin works

Interesting paper here published two days ago addressing the concerns of the BMJ Evidence Based Medicine regarding ivermectin

https://osf.io/peqcj/

I see the Indian government has just revised their list of essential medicines to include ivermectin used in Covid treatment. Another signal that ivermectin works against covid

The problem with this guy is that he has never, and I mean ever, not even one time, in all of the time he's been posted across thousands and thousands of tweets, said anything that deviates from the mainstream narrative of the moment. Not even when that narrative has later been proven wrong. So he's a great source for finding out "what is current mainstream thinking on X Covid thing", but very poor if your question is "what is the validity of mainstream thinking on X Covid thing".

The article clearly states ivermectin used in Covid treatment. Are you saying it does not work but because there is high demand the Indian government added it to their list of essential medicines?

Last I read, 88% of Irish adults are fully vaccinated. Who exactly are you preaching to here? The final 12%? Do you think Ivermectin is stopping Irish people getting vaccinated?

Feels to me like a lot of people import not only social issues but also statistics. Like some partisan battle is happening on their doorstep. There'll be a thread on here calling for Irish Walmart to stop selling guns soon.

Should everyone go vegatarian?