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[jon-nyc]

@LuFins-Dad said in Funny Pics:

Just a reminder, a good number of those 389K still published are dealing with Ivermectin because some guy with nearly a decade in postgraduate studies and multiple degrees conducted research and published a peer reviewed paper that said Ivermectin was da bomb. Then some random guys on the internet said bullshit.

I can’t say I’m an expert in the history here but I think that story is the other way around.

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Funny Pics:

@LuFins-Dad said in Funny Pics:

Just a reminder, a good number of those 389K still published are dealing with Ivermectin because some guy with nearly a decade in postgraduate studies and multiple degrees conducted research and published a peer reviewed paper that said Ivermectin was da bomb. Then some random guys on the internet said bullshit.

I can’t say I’m an expert in the history here but I think that story is the other way around.

You’re remembering the immediate aftermath and not the beginnings. There were originally multiple studies (flawed, yes) by scientists and doctors (many trained at schools in the US) supporting Ivermectin. That’s what kicked things off. And these studies were peer reviewed and published in some major journals.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-58170809

I actually have a lot to say about rigorous scientific research, published studies, and how medicine in particular has devolved into a dangerous state of trust moreso than scientific inquiry, but this isn’t the thread for it and I have no time.

[jon-nyc]

I posted on this perhaps a year or two ago but Scott Alexander did a deep dive into the ivermectin studies and came to the very reasonable conclusion that they showed efficacy in places like Egypt and Bangladesh precisely because it’s an effective dewormer and clearing up that comorbidity improved Covid outcomes. The same result didn’t obtain in the developed world.

[Mik]

Context is important.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Funny Pics:

to the very reasonable conclusion that they showed efficacy in places like Egypt and Bangladesh precisely because it’s an effective dewormer and clearing up that comorbidity improved Covid outcomes

I didn't see that. Very interesting.

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[Horace]

At least he gets a younger sibling out of it. Might not be all bad.

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[George K]

@mark in Boston that would be "Hey, Whaddya Whaddya?"

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