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Re:Ivermectin for Prevention and Treatment of Covid-19 Infec... by bonzini on Saturday June 19, 2021 @07:16PM (#27565433)
> why wouldn't it be

Because you only gave the average time of recovery but not the standard deviation.

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Re:Ivermectin for Prevention and Treatment of Covid-19 Infec... by ALittleLight on Saturday June 19, 2021 @07:47PM (#27565640)
I didn't see the standard deviation reported in the paper. Is it?

I did see the innerquartile range and it was the same for both the ivermectin group and the placebo. To me that suggests that variation in outcomes is probably similar between the two groups.

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Re:Ivermectin for Prevention and Treatment of Covid-19 Infec... by Fomite on Saturday June 19, 2021 @09:54PM (#27566356)
They provide it in the form of a hazard ratio:

"hazard ratio for resolution of symptoms, 1.07 [95% CI, 0.87 to 1.32]"

So statistically, those on ivermectin recovered 1.07 times as quickly as those on placebo, but the uncertainty bounds are from 0.87 times as fact to 1.32 times as fast.

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