Column: Major study of Ivermectin, the anti-vaccine crowd's latest COVID drug, finds 'no effect whatsoever'

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Ivermectin, touted as a treatment of COVID by the anti-vaccine crowd, has 'no effect,' according to a major study.

Ivermectin, the latest supposed treatment for COVID-19 being touted by anti-vaccination groups, had “no effect whatsoever” on the disease, according to a large patient study.

One of the trial’s principal investigators, Edward Mills of McMaster, presented the results from the Ivermectin arms of the study atI’ve had enough abuse and so have the other clinical trialists doing Ivermectin. Others working in this area have been threatened, their families have been threatened, they’ve been defamed.

The study’s results on Ivermectin haven’t been formally published or peer-reviewed. Earlier peer-reviewed results from the Together Trial related to the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, which had been touted as a miracle treatment for COVID by then-President Trump, wereThe findings on Ivermectin are yet another blow for advocates promoting the drug as a magic bullet against COVID-19.

“I’ve had enough abuse and so have the other clinical trialists doing Ivermectin,” he said. “Others working in this area have been threatened, their families have been threatened, they’ve been defamed,” he said.“I can think of no circumstances in the past where this kind of abuse has occurred to clinical trialists,” he added. “We need to figure out a system where we have each others’ backs on these issues, because the abuse that certain individuals have received is shocking.

 

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Politics aside, it is not controversial to do these larger tests to figure out if there are generic alternatives that work. Interested for them to actually publish and peer review the study rather than get an early dunk on the GOP but what else would you expect from the LA Times

It's because they aren't using it correctly.. You first have to dowse yourself in patchouli oil, followed by burning a sage stick for a total cleansing, then drink 4 pints of mineral oil to flush out your system.

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No really? Shocking! The anti-vaxxers have the answer for sure!

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