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Y #Ivermectin doesn't work
1 #ivermectin craze 4 #COVID19India started in South-America, spread like wildfire to USA/Europe. Heavily criticized in countries upholding #science, didnt find place in guidelines. BUT, nw it reached #India, into minds/hearts of doctors not due to...
1 #ivermectin craze 4 #COVID19India started in South-America, spread like wildfire to USA/Europe. Heavily criticized in countries upholding #science, didnt find place in guidelines. BUT, nw it reached #India, into minds/hearts of doctors not due to...
2...the #science, but bcoz National institutions such as @aiims_newdelhi/ certain govts @goacm endorse it - without getting into the science of it. Nw, #ivermectin is slowly bcoming nationalist boy scout of #medicine in #India, wrngly endorsed by naïve students/senior professors.
3 Ivermectin is broad-spectrum antiparasitic approved by @US_FDA, proved to be safe at dose of ≤200 µg/kg. In a 60 kg man, the max conventional dose in 12 mg.
Caly et al (not Baba Ramdev) bit.ly/3vO9cuK identified in-vitro (cell study) anti-#SARSCoV2 ivermectin activity
Caly et al (not Baba Ramdev) bit.ly/3vO9cuK identified in-vitro (cell study) anti-#SARSCoV2 ivermectin activity
#ivermectin does not work.
1/Ther is more than meets the eye.
This paper was first sent 2 @FrontiersIn special issue
But issued a rejection after they identified “series of strong, unsupported claims” in paper as it "didnt offer an objective nor balanced scientific contribution
1/Ther is more than meets the eye.
This paper was first sent 2 @FrontiersIn special issue
But issued a rejection after they identified “series of strong, unsupported claims” in paper as it "didnt offer an objective nor balanced scientific contribution
2/
Read the Chief Editor Frederick Fenter's media statement on the same
blog.frontiersin.org/2021/03/02/2-m…
The paper made series of strong, unsupported claims based on studies with insufficient statistical significance, and at times, without the use of control groups.
#COVID19
Read the Chief Editor Frederick Fenter's media statement on the same
blog.frontiersin.org/2021/03/02/2-m…
The paper made series of strong, unsupported claims based on studies with insufficient statistical significance, and at times, without the use of control groups.
#COVID19
3/
Further, authors promoted their own specific #ivermectin treatment wich was inappropriate 4 a systematic review/metanalysis article. This paper does not follow @PRISMAStatement guidelines prisma-statement.org
Authors missed astute risk of bias/heterogeinity assessments
Further, authors promoted their own specific #ivermectin treatment wich was inappropriate 4 a systematic review/metanalysis article. This paper does not follow @PRISMAStatement guidelines prisma-statement.org
Authors missed astute risk of bias/heterogeinity assessments
