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Re:BPOM (Indonesian FDA) Approves Ivermectin as Covid-19 The... by cpncrunch on Thursday July 15, 2021 @09:46AM (#27844632)
Where are you finding this? I took a quick look and found two negative rcts and a systematic review saying it is ineffective.
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Re:BPOM (Indonesian FDA) Approves Ivermectin as Covid-19 The... by sayhong_ on Thursday July 15, 2021 @12:43PM (#27846738)
The National University of Singapore did a study too. https://www.nuhs.edu.sg/sites/nuhs/NUHS%20Assets/News%20Docu...
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Re:BPOM (Indonesian FDA) Approves Ivermectin as Covid-19 The... by tboyd47 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @09:48AM (#27844657)
https://ivmmeta.com/
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Re:BPOM (Indonesian FDA) Approves Ivermectin as Covid-19 The... by cpncrunch on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:51AM (#27845437)
That's not exactly a reliable source. I see somewhat conflicting results in the meta-analyses. It looks like there may be a 50% reduction in mortality, but the evidence certainty is low.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=iver...

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Re:BPOM (Indonesian FDA) Approves Ivermectin as Covid-19 The... by tboyd47 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @11:09AM (#27845647)
The website is just a summary of peer-reviewed studies.
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