Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-08-08 16:30:32 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 211CE7838511BF9C6232996A847395BF3F31B5D0E490E647A5C943E8E42009E5
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Original Note:
Ivermectin treats parasitic infections and has no efficacy to treat COVID-19 based on RTC. The studies that did show benefit for ivermectin were in vitro or observational. The study cited in the post is observational, so it cannot show a cause-and-effect link. https://www.cochrane.org/CD015017/INFECTN_ivermectin-preventing-and-treating-covid-19 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2801828 https://www.factcheck.org/2022/09/scicheck-clinical-trials-show-ivermectin-does-not-benefit-covid-19-patients-contrary-to-social-media-claims/ https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-should-not-use-ivermectin-treat-or-prevent-covid-19 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2115869
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