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The mechanisms of action of Ivermectin against SARS-CoV-2 (nature.com)
7 points by pavanyara on June 16, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


As per data available on 16 May 2021, 100% of 36 early treatment and prophylaxis studies report positive effects (96% of all 55 studies). Of these, 26 studies show statistically significant improvements in isolation. Random effects meta-analysis with pooled effects using the most serious outcome reported 79% and 85% improvement for early treatment and prophylaxis respectively (RR 0.21 [0.11–0.37] and 0.15 [0.09–0.25]). The results were similar after exclusion based sensitivity analysis: 81% and 87% (RR 0.19 [0.14–0.26] and 0.13 [0.07–0.25]), and after restriction to 29 peer-reviewed studies: 82% and 88% (RR 0.18 [0.11–0.31] and 0.12 [0.05–0.30]). Statistically significant improvements were seen for mortality, ventilation, hospitalization, cases, and viral clearance. 100% of the 17 Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) for early treatment and prophylaxis report positive effects, with an estimated improvement of 73% and 83% respectively (RR 0.27 [0.18–0.41] and 0.17 [0.05–0.61]), and 93% of all 28 RCTs. These studies are tabulated in Table 1. The probability that an ineffective treatment generated results as positive for the 55 studies to date is estimated to be 1 in 23 trillion (p = 0.000000000000043). The consistency of positive results across a wide variety of cases has been remarkable. It is extremely unlikely that the observed results could have occurred by chance


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> Between the intentional suppression of this and HCQ,

While some in the media may have been all to happy to pile on the HCQ fans, I know of no evidence that HCQ works to treat COVID [0].

[0] https://www.methodsman.com/blog/every-hcq-rct-for-covid-19


There was a disinformation campaign against Hydroxychloroquine. In the failed JAMA study, they administered a nearly toxic dose at late stage patients (when there's no viral replication). This is now being investigated.

https://www.moneytimes.com.br/heinze-pede-a-pf-que-investigu... (in Portuguese)

For example, in a peer-reviewed study of 29K patients for early treatment, it showed a 73% reduction in death.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S156757692...

There are many other studies showing similar results:

https://c19hcq.com/

Ivermectin is superior in almost every way, so you won't find too many people advocating for HCQ now.

Even Ivermectin is not a silver bullet, that's it's combined with other things for best results.

https://covid19criticalcare.com/covid-19-protocols/i-mask-pl...




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