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2024-04-11 08:59:27 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 19FA3CAD4E3DE6C928399B5B0FD0374F97C60950460E9E4318D73E798684D30C
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One of the FDA's jobs is to evaluate the scientific data on a drug to be sure it is safe & effective for a particular use. They found Ivermectin to be safe & effective for some parasites, but NOT effective for covid. FDA 5 April 24 https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/ivermectin-and-covid-19 IVM papers https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/therapies/miscellaneous-drugs/ivermectin/ https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2801827 https://www.cochrane.org/CD015017/INFECTN_ivermectin-preventing-and-treating-covid-19 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2115869 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/expert-answers/coronavirus-drugs/faq-20485627 https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/who-advises-that-ivermectin-only-be-used-to-treat-covid-19-within-clinical-trials https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2789362 https://www.kumc.edu/about/news/news-archive/jama-ivermectin-study.html https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/news/ivermectin-for-covid-19-review-update-11-trials-and-no-evidence-of-benefit-shown
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