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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 18

      "There's enough behind ivermectin for COVID-19 that there must be something there" This is a point that I find fascinating 🧵

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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Sep 18

      See, thing is, most of the studies that supported the idea that there is a large benefit for ivermectin appear to be either fraudulent or so poorly conducted that they might as well be fakepic.twitter.com/OQvRFR38tC

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Sep 18

      On the other hand, the only large, well conducted trials seem to find either no benefit or at best quite a modest one

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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Sep 18

      Indeed, if you remove just two trials from your analysis - Elgazzar and Niaee - there is not a single RCT that has found a benefit for mortality, and on aggregate the result is pretty solidly 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Sep 18

      What then separates ivermectin from other repurposed drugs? Popularity?pic.twitter.com/aKSrYM3CfG

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    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Sep 18

      Anyway, this doesn't mean that we should stop the ongoing large trials into ivermectin, but I do think it's an interesting point worth considering. Take away the fraud, rewind to the actual evidence, and what remains?

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Sep 18

      What got me thinking about all of this is that we excluded lopinavir/ritonavir as a treatment based on not that much more null evidence than we now have for ivermectin. We need to finish the bigger trials, for many reasons, but still interesting

      8:56 PM - 18 Sep 2021
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        1. Ben Holmes‏ @BenHumbleknow Sep 18
          Replying to @GidMK

          Are people saying similar things about hydroxychloroquine? Or, were they and now it's run its' course?

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        1. Kamil Ergan‏ @KamilErgan1 Sep 18
          Replying to @GidMK

          What got everybody thinking is that nobody excluded REMDESIVIR as a treatment based on numerous negative evidences, more than ivermectin. We need to finish the remdesivir misuse outside the clinical trials in order not to kill people but still the impact of big pharma.

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        2. Jerry Colen‏ @JerryColen Sep 19
          Replying to @GidMK

          What would interest me is knowing who is conducting the research into ivermectin and who is paying for it?

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        3. Woody Nist‏ @Woodynist Sep 19
          Replying to @JerryColen @GidMK

          Woody Nist Retweeted dr a k chaurasia

          Why does not anyone have a look at the data from doctors actually using it? Why does no reporter interview them proprely?https://twitter.com/drakchaurasia/status/1439580953186238465?s=20 …

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          dr a k chaurasia @drakchaurasia
          Replying to @Skylover_once @Woodynist @GVDBossche
          yes things are pretty cool in north india atleast, but this can get hotter anytime. i had recommended mass prophylaxis, in june20 MASS DRUG PROPHYLAXIS MITIGATES *COV2 ORIGINAL STRAINS *COV2 DELTA AND OTHER NEW STRAINS *ADE *VACS RELATED ADVERSE EFFECTS https://twitter.com/drakchaurasia/status/1282256710308990976?s=19 …
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