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Re:Considerations in boosting Covid-19 vaccine immune responses by Izkata on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @06:16PM (#28545112)
> CDC says it doesn't work.

The CDC's stance is "we don't know, there's trials ongoing", not "it doesn't work".

Re:Considerations in boosting Covid-19 vaccine immune responses by dragontamer on Friday September 17, 2021 @10:37AM (#28565971)
FDA hasn't approved any IVM for treatment of COVID19. NIH has a website listing 16 studies, the majority of which says IVM doesn't help at all.

CDC has a webpage pointing to the FDA / NIH web-pages.

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As far as I can tell, "IVM doesn't work vs COVID19" is the official stance of US health research institutes. There are further studies because the politics of it kinda demand a study, but no one expects the studies to have a good result. (Nothing like monoclonal antibodies, which are being used to save lives right now).

This isn't a "we don't know" stance. FDA is very explicit to not use IVM for COVID19.

https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-shoul...

Re:Considerations in boosting Covid-19 vaccine immune responses by Izkata on Friday September 17, 2021 @05:35PM (#28571169)
From your link:

> Currently available data do not show ivermectin is effective against COVID-19. Clinical trials assessing ivermectin tablets for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 in people are ongoing.

From https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2021/han00449.asp

> Ivermectin is not authorized or approved by FDA for prevention or treatment of COVID-19. The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel has also determined that there are currently insufficient data to recommend ivermectin for treatment of COVID-19. ClinicalTrials.govexternal icon has listings of ongoing clinical trials that might provide more information about these hypothesized uses in the future.

Those are "we don't know" stances. Or at least, "we're not certain".