• Tikiporch@lemmy.world
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        17 hours ago

        It treats humans for specific infectious diseases. Covid wasn’t one of them, and neither is hantavirus. If you don’t believe me, ask the Nobel winner you referenced.

        It might work in a petri dish, it doesn’t work in the human body. Horses are bigger than humans.

        It might work on Centaurs…

        • The Dank Memegician @thelemmy.club
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          17 hours ago

          Thats crazy, must be why all those news organizations had to make up stories about people going untreated from gun shot wounds because the hospitals were overwhelmed with people overdosing on ivermectin.

          I remember the chairman of the Tokyo Medical Association Haruo Ozaki publicly recommending the use of ivermectin for treating covid based on several observational studies but I dont remember either of the people who won the Nobel prize for ivermectin ever publicly stating anything about its use in treating covid.

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            6 hours ago

            I dont remember either of the people who won the Nobel prize for ivermectin ever publicly stating anything about its use in treating covid.

            One of them specifically said it’s not his area of expertise:

            I am a biologist with no claim to expertise in the clinical evaluation of drugs against viral infections. Thus, I have not taken a stand in support of, or against, the efficacy of ivermectin against COVID-19.

            https://drew.edu/2021/09/09/drew-university-nobel-prize-winner-refutes-ivermectin-meme/

            I remember the chairman of the Tokyo Medical Association Haruo Ozaki publicly recommending the use of ivermectin for treating covid based on several observational studies

            A lot of people said a lot of things during the early days of the pandemic. The current consensus seems to be it only helps if you have Covid and also a coincidental worm infection that the ivermectin treats. Which is often true sadly on large parts of the planet.