Re:Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent Cov...
by jpadkins on Monday September 13, 2021 @07:34PM
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Thank you for the thoughtful reply.
Ozaki is on the JMA Board https://www.med.or.jp/english/about_JMA/trustees.html
The population study I was referring to was this one: http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S...
citation 3 is an opinion piece (opinion section of that magazine). And even as a persuasion piece, it still quotes Cochrane on the need for a serious study.
Re:Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent Cov...
by kazinator on Monday September 13, 2021 @07:45PM
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The National Geographic article has a point of view. This is evident from its very title "[t]he shaky science behind ivermectin as a COVID-19 cure"; we may expect the content of the article to be biased toward making the case that the hypothesis is shaky.
I posted it not because I care about its point of view, but because it was one of the first items I was able to find quickly which provides a synopsis of what I was looking for: the origins of the ivermectin hypotheses in respect to COVID.
If you're referring to the Elgazzar paper from Egypt (as the "population studies in [..] Africa"), then it has been withdrawn from pre-print distribution. [2]
And, in general, the studies that have been performed are not sufficient to support ivermectin use among the general public at this time. [3]
[1] https://factcheck.afp.com/http%253A%252F%252Fdoc.afp.com%252...
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/16/huge-study-s...
[3] https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/ivermectin-still-...