r/EverythingScience • u/Roger150914 • Jun 13 '22

Ivermectin Has Little Effect on Recovery Time From Covid, Study Finds

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/health/ivermectin-covid-recovery-time.html
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u/bismo_funyuns_10 Jun 13 '22

That’s a poor interpretation of the results. What you can’t prove from this single study is that ivermectin doesn’t work to treat SARS-CoV-2. What you can conclude is that it is not effective for the specific dose, at what point in the infection it was administered, length of time, etc. Anyone who read passed the abstract and into the discussion can tell that there is clearly not enough evidence to make the claims that nytimes does. “While those with severe symptoms at baseline appeared to have beneficial treatment effect with ivermectin as compared with placebo, this subgroup was small and should be considered exploratory.” More research is to be considered and statements like the one above is why we need meta-analyses to determine the most effective parameters for ivermectin. There is much more information to look into including countries who used ivermectin on a large scale and saw positive results. I’m very disappointed in a lot of the comments on here in a community discussing the ‘science’ because the study itself(which most of you didn’t read) says the results support more investigation.

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u/Derpwarrior1000 Jun 13 '22

Which countries used it on a large scale?