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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. Covid19Crusher‏ @Covid19Crusher Aug 8

      The large (n=3,532), prospective, controlled, Indian study of Ivermectin as a pre-exposure prophylaxis of healthcare workers is now peer-reviewed and published. https://www.cureus.com/articles/64807-prophylactic-role-of-ivermectin-in-severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-2-infection-among-healthcare-workers#comments …pic.twitter.com/hpszcZGfhw

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    2. Matt Ives‏ @Matthew_Ives Aug 8
      Replying to @Covid19Crusher

      @ydeigin is this study any good?

      6 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
    3. Yuri Deigin‏ @ydeigin Aug 8
      Replying to @Matthew_Ives @Covid19Crusher

      I dunno, haven’t looked but just the conclusion seems like a huge stretch: 2 doses resulting in a protective effect for a month?? And 83% efficacy for a month is shit: vaccines provide 95% for months. @GidMK @K_Sheldrick did you guys look at the Indian study above by any chance?

      54 replies 3 retweets 21 likes
    4. Kyle Sheldrick‏ @K_Sheldrick Aug 8
      Replying to @ydeigin @Matthew_Ives and

      I read it and don't really understand many of the key parts of it to be honest, why was it ethical to run an interventional trial of an experimental drug but not ethical to randomise? There are also lots of things missing we'd expect to see in a trial like this.

      4 replies 2 retweets 13 likes
    5. StephenMills‏ @Stephengm99 Aug 8
      Replying to @K_Sheldrick @ydeigin and

      It’s not RCT. It didn’t test asymptomatic or “those who chose not to be tested”. How bad is that?

      2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
    6. Kyle Sheldrick‏ @K_Sheldrick Aug 8
      Replying to @Stephengm99 @ydeigin and

      It's definitely an issue (especially bias in the likely correlation between risk taking behaviour and participations), but the effect size is enormous and if the data are real hard to see it arise from those biases alone.

      3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    7. Kyle Sheldrick‏ @K_Sheldrick Aug 8
      Replying to @K_Sheldrick @Stephengm99 and

      1.) Authors should release data 2.) If data looks real, it's enough to justify an RCT on HCW prophylaxis IMHO

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    8. Trevor Sutcliffe‏ @TrevorSutcliffe Aug 8
      Replying to @K_Sheldrick @Stephengm99 and

      Rough day for the "you have to be a complete idiot to think ivermectin could possibly have any benefit for COVID" crowd.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    9. Kyle Sheldrick‏ @K_Sheldrick Aug 8
      Replying to @TrevorSutcliffe @Stephengm99 and

      Not sure if that's aimed at me but I haven't ever said that.

      2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Aug 8
      Replying to @K_Sheldrick @TrevorSutcliffe and

      I don't think anyone's ever said that tbh. Most people argue that the evidence for efficacy is low and that for obvious ethical reasons in this situation the only moral choice is to conduct treatment in the context of a clinical trial

      5:29 PM - 8 Aug 2021
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        1. Trevor Sutcliffe‏ @TrevorSutcliffe Aug 8
          Replying to @GidMK @K_Sheldrick and

          This is clearly the height of how a responsible scientist should communicate about unverified but plausible hypotheses regarding the efficacy of a pharmaceutical intervention during a pandemic.pic.twitter.com/KqnUzYxpf1

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