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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jul 28

      Cochrane review on ivermectin just dropped. This is the current gold-standard summary: "the reliable evidence available does not support the use ivermectin for treatment or prevention of COVID‐19 outside of well‐designed randomized trials." https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD015017.pub2/full …

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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jul 28

      Health Nerd Retweeted Stephen Griffin

      H/T @SGriffin_Lab, thanks for the tip!https://twitter.com/SGriffin_Lab/status/1420337560560226305?s=19 …

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      Stephen Griffin @SGriffin_Lab
      Big shock horror surprise type thing...😱 Cochrane review finds Ivermectin not recommended for use outside of RCTs. Please stop using worming tablets to treat virus infections folks... @GidMK https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD015017.pub2/full …
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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jul 28

      Worth noting that the main finding of the review is that the available evidence is very low quality, and so low certainty that the impact of ivermectin could be anything from very protective to very detrimental to health (i.e. it could be saving lives or ending them)

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jul 28

      Another interesting point - the Cochrane review authors addressed why their review disagrees with previous very positive studies on ivermectin. They were particularly pointed about the weird ivmmeta websitepic.twitter.com/BjTqfxf9h8

      4:06 PM - 28 Jul 2021
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        2. WatsonsTroops‏ @WatsonsTroops1 Jul 28
          Replying to @GidMK

          One of the big alarm bells for me was even the manufacture/developer if ivermectin wanred people off it a while ago (from memory) they would have everything to gain from it being a viable vaccine against Covid for a limited cost(assume they would have to fund proper trials etc)

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        1. BunyaNut‏ @bjlimmer Jul 28
          Replying to @GidMK

          Gotzsche and 4 board members resigned from Cochrane a few years ago because it became to influenced by pharma.

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        1.  💧 Ian "Department of Diseasology"  🍩 Musgrave‏ @ianfmusgrave Jul 28
          Replying to @GidMK

          Harsh but fair

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