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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 Sep 8

      Health Nerd Retweeted Ed Cara

      Agree wholeheartedly. I've been a bit busy with all the rampant fraud, but I did quickly read that ivermectin/sperm count study and it doesn't prove anything, certainly not that ivermectin causes sterilityhttps://twitter.com/EdCara4/status/1435800474276573184 …

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      Ed CaraVerified account @EdCara4
      Please stop seriously sharing the ivermectin infertility study. The research has a few fishy aspects and even if it was fully legit, it found an effect after 11 months of use in a group of 37 ppl! Infertility is not a known side effect of ivermectin https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ivermectin-sterility-in-men/ …
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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Sep 8

      It was a small piece of research from nearly a decade ago that excluded 90% of the participants because they had sperm too poor to qualify for inspection. That alone means it's impossible to draw any firm conclusions

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        1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Sep 8

          There's also no control group, so my guess would be that the authors were surveilling a very unwell population who happened to be taking ivermectin. Hard to tell if the medication contributed to that at all

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        1. FatMiewChef‏ @ChefMiew Sep 8
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          Dammit! Had my hopes up

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        2. Ed Cara‏Verified account @EdCara4 Sep 8
          Replying to @GidMK

          From my cursory look, only spotted one animal study suggesting any possible risk to sperm either, and others that found no effect at all

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Sep 8
          Replying to @EdCara4

          On the one hand, it's not necessarily a common side-effect to look for unless you're really concerned about the mechanism, but on the other the drug has been given to A LOT of people so if there's no safety signal you'd err on the side of low risk I think

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        1. wesinjapan‏ @wesinjapan Sep 8
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          *firm conclusions😉.....

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        1. MaplePonds  😷 Covid is Airborne‏ @MaplePonds Sep 8
          Replying to @GidMK

          The irony was too good for it not to be shared. Especially after the false claims that the vaccine causes fertility issues. But Sharing low quality research might damage Parasite treatment programs in developing world

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        1. Amy Nippert‏ @nippert_r Sep 8
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          I really feel like it's not widely realized that a lot of studies are just "I saw this thing? Is this anything?". And usually it's nothing or you weren't looking at it right to begin with. But not always and that's why we keep doing it.

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