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A comment on Ivermectin Prophylaxis Used for Covid-19 (Peer-Reviewed).

Re:Ivermectin Prophylaxis Used for Covid-19 (Peer-Reviewed) by rootusrootus on Saturday January 15, 2022 @03:03PM (#29949684)
Makes sense in Brazil, but is it applicable to the US or other Western nations?
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Re:Ivermectin Prophylaxis Used for Covid-19 (Peer-Reviewed) by threeseed on Saturday January 15, 2022 @03:07PM (#29949721)
Not when we have extremely safe, highly effective vaccines.

But in places where they aren't available it could be interesting especially if Omicron is the dominant variant and reducing transmission isn't of much use (which Ivermectin doesn't help with).

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Re:Ivermectin Prophylaxis Used for Covid-19 (Peer-Reviewed) by ncmncm on Saturday January 15, 2022 @03:15PM (#29949809)
People in those places should be treating their parasite infections anyway. We already knew they would be the healthier for it. But they aren't, because they can't afford it.
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Re:Ivermectin Prophylaxis Used for Covid-19 (Peer-Reviewed) by JohnTHaller on Saturday January 15, 2022 @05:16PM (#29950929)
Nope. Worms are not endemic here, so Ivermectin has no impact on Covid-19 outcomes. It has a slight effect in this area of Brazil where worms are endemic.
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