'The final results are in, and they’re incontrovertible: Ivermectin, that nostrum assiduously promoted by anti-vaccine advocates and conspiracy-mongers, is utterly useless against COVID-19.' Column by hiltzikm:
Column: Major study of ivermectin, the anti-vaccine crowd’s latest COVID drug, finds ‘no effect whatsoever’
They also point to several meta-analyses of ivermectin’s effect. These are studies that compile other studies in an effort to assemble a large, statistically significant sample group. Another common claim is that the wide distribution of ivermectin virtually eliminated COVID in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. That story has been debunked, however.even though the Uttar Pradesh authorities directed medical officers to start giving doses of ivermectin to patients being treated for COVID-19 in August 2020, a sharp rise in cases and deaths followed anyway, then subsided.
Even if the drug were 100% effective, Meyerowitz-Katz observes, “that’s simply not enough to even make a dent in the state’s numbers.” In any event, authorities imposed a strict lockdown in April 2021, around the time that cases spiked. Uttar Pradesh also had a successful vaccination drive, withBy then, COVID had swept through Uttar Pradesh, suggesting that much of the population had acquired some natural immunity.
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