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Re:Lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data... by sgt101 on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @11:56AM (#28617883)
I would like to meet you in a casino. Type "Invermectin side effects" into any search engine, read the links. These are "bad effects".

The fraudulent studies (y'know, including dead patients, patients that never existed, drugs that weren't administered and so on) have shown a good effect.

The real studies unfortunately showed no effect.

My advice to you; don't gamble. Ever.

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Re:Lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data... by rubatuga on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @12:10PM (#28618085)
You need a better argument than that to convince somebody to never gamble lol. Remember, it was also a gamble to trust the WHO not to use masks early in the pandemic. We are making gambles everyday.
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Re:Lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data... by sgt101 on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @12:30PM (#28618368)
>trust the WHO not to use masks early in the pandemic

That one was a very interesting story. The best informed people made rational decisions to mask up, semi informed believed the bad advice to do without, the least informed acted randomly.

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