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Re:Major study of Ivermectin finds 'no effect whatsoever' by nradov on Friday August 13, 2021 @09:05PM (#28176797)
This article explains the suspected mechanism of action. I'm not claiming that ivermectin is actually effective, but the biochemistry is at least plausible.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016635422...

In general small molecule drugs often hit multiple different pathways. It's not reasonable to put them into neat little buckets.

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Re:Major study of Ivermectin finds 'no effect whatsoever' by zetalyrae on Friday August 13, 2021 @09:10PM (#28176823)
Good point. As I said, it may be fallacious reasoning on my part :)

I suppose what this underscores is: biology is immensely complex and first-principles thinking can only get you so far. Eventually, you need to test things with a big RCT to know what's going on.

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