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Ivermectin Prophylaxis Used for Covid-19 (Peer-Reviewed)

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Re: Ivermectin Prophylaxis Used for Covid-19 (Peer-Reviewed)

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Post by ncmncm »

threeseed wrote: post #13
rootusrootus wrote: post #7

Makes sense in Brazil, but is it applicable to the US or other Western nations?

Not when we have extremely safe, highly effective vaccines. But in places where they aren't available it could be interesting especially if Omicron is the dominant variant and reducing transmission isn't of much use (which Ivermectin doesn't help with).

People in those places should be treating their parasite infections anyway. We already knew they would be the healthier for it. But they aren't, because they can't afford it.

Re: Ivermectin Prophylaxis Used for Covid-19 (Peer-Reviewed)

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Post by mullingitover »

rsfern wrote: post #24

For context, this journal uses crowd sourced open peer review, which is an interesting concept. There’s one review, and it’s (IMO) not substantive. I would treat this as a preprint basically (not that you shouldn’t read peer reviewed studies critically either)

> not that you shouldn’t read peer reviewed studies critically either

Can't emphasize this enough. The MMR autism fraud paper that started the anti-vaccine industry was peer reviewed in the Lancet.

It's unfortunate that the critical thinking skills needed to know good research from bad aren't drilled into us as part of the core curriculum for every high school student.

Re: Ivermectin Prophylaxis Used for Covid-19 (Peer-Reviewed)

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Post by cosmotic »

This may look and smell like a peer reviewed study, but I cannot find any reliability rankings for the journal 'Cureus'. Wikipedia article on Cureus is brief and it appears they allow anyone to publish. I would take this article with a few large grains of salt.

Re: Ivermectin Prophylaxis Used for Covid-19 (Peer-Reviewed)

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Post by ncmncm »

tinus_hn wrote: post #27
ncmncm wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ivermectin affects parasite load, and parasite load affects outcomes of acute respiratory infection. The effect size is smaller than from wearing a good mask.

This is a completely nonsensical dismissal unless you want to claim the outcome for people who actually get ill is different for those who wore masks versus those who didn’t. And be sure to keep in mind that the vast majority of infections occur at home where I sincerely doubt people are wearing masks.

The point is that if you have a parasite infection, treating that is a good idea. If you don't, then treating it will not help you.

If you want not to die from COVID-19, getting fully vaccinated is the way. If you want not to catch and spread it (vaccinated or no) wear a mask when you might be exposed or expose others. If you can't get vaccinated, anyway do things to be healthy -- treat any parasite infections, eat well, sleep well, eat well, exercise.

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whiskeyRanger wrote: post #20

> SIQ™ is a predictive measure of scientific quality. > How can I improve my article's SIQ™? > Telling your friends, colleagues and advisors to review the article on Cureus > Cureus offers a social media promotional add-on, or boost, for eligible published articles at an additional cost. So this site is like PubMed but with payola?

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Re: Ivermectin Prophylaxis Used for Covid-19 (Peer-Reviewed)

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Post by s9w »

coding123 wrote: post #5
johng wrote: post #2

These seems like a pretty thorough study... is it OK for people to talk about Ivermectin now or are they still going to censor and ban accounts?

Well, I don't think HN will ban accounts for that. They ban accounts for being mean or starting flamewars. Being republican is NOT a reason for bans here.

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Post by supperburg »

mullingitover wrote: post #28
supperburg wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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What ideas in particular have you found are unfairly flagged to oblivion on HN?

Why should I tell you when it would be flagged immediately and nobody would see it anyway?

Re: Ivermectin Prophylaxis Used for Covid-19 (Peer-Reviewed)

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Post by rajangdavis »

Why did this get flagged? It's pretty measured in it's findings:

These results indicate that medical-based optional prescription and citywide covered ivermectin can have a positive impact on the healthcare system. However, the present results do not provide sufficient support for the hypothesis that ivermectin could be an alternative to COVID-19 vaccines

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