*finally* an interesting study about ivermectin and COVIDhttps://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/6/989/htm …
And: "Seventy-two hours after the regimen started, ivermectin significantly increased the Ct-value from 15.13 ± 2.07 to 30.14 ± 6.22 (p < 0.001). In comparison, the Ct-value for the control group increased from 14.20 ± 2.48 to 18.96 ± 3.26 (p < 0.001)" 3/
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Remember, PCR is exponential. So a difference in Ct of 1 is a two-fold difference in viral load. It looks to me as though the ivermectin treated group started out with lower viral load, which just didn't quite reach statistical significance. 4/
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Because PCR amplification is exponential, small differences in starting viral load can make big differences down the line. The result might be real (I suspect that it is not), but this problem with the clinical trial could potentially explain this result. 5/
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