32/n But this thread is already too long, so to sum up - the website looks flashy - the methodology is totally broken - I would call this pretty pseudoscientific; all the trappings of science, with none of the rigor
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33/n If the authors do indeed want to make this into a reasonably adequate analysis, there are a few steps: 1. Separate treatment outcomes (i.e. analyze ONLY deaths in a model) 2. Rate QUALITY of included literature (i.e. don't aggregate trash with decent studies)
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34/n 3. Separate STUDY TYPES (i.e. don't include an ecological trial with no control group and an RCT) 4. Take out all the weird language about "probabilities" and heterogeneity, pretty much all of that is just flatly incorrect
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35/n Also, because people always ask when it comes to ivermectin - no, I've never been paid by any pharma companies for anything, I receive no pharma funding, and all of my COVID-19 work is unpaid anyway
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36/n Frankly, I don't want your money, give it to something more worthwhile like this charity that provides menstrual products to homeless women they're much more deserving than I amhttps://www.sharethedignity.org.au/
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37/n One final point - I honestly hope ivermectin works. Based on the current evidence, it looks like the benefit will be modest, but it's still not unlikely that it helps a bit. Problem is, current best evidence is also consistent with harm
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38/n Ugh, one other note - one shitty website that makes mistakes does not "disprove" ivermectin, just like the website never proved much itself. The question is still open in my opinion, regardless of ivmmeta
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Well, those are the countries with some of the worst deaths from COVID-19 in the world, so I'd say not brilliant
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We've actually got a study looking at this, should be out soon - India looks better than the rest of the world which is almost certainly due to failures in death reporting. Otherwise, Mexico etc are universally far worse than developed countries
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For all Ur long thread this is the answer...waste of timepic.twitter.com/mOHXsjvUhe
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If its anything like tamiflu, it will be underwhelming
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