Ivermectin has NOT been shown to be beneficial for treatment or prevention of Covid-19. This video reviews the case

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▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 Introduction
1:19 Chapter 1 What kicked off interest in ivermectin for Covid-19?
5:25 Chapter 2 What about all those meta-analyses?
9:20 Chapter 3 What about the clinical studies?
20:09 Wrapping up

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- Kumar, Ellen, Bouma et al Moxidectin and Ivermectin Inhibit SARS-CoV-2 Replication in VeroE6 Cells but Not in Human Primary Bronchial Epithelial Cells https://journals.asm.org/doi/epdf/10....
- Bryant et al . Ivermectin for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 Infection https://journals.lww.com/americanther...
- Expression of Concern regarding Bryant et al https://journals.lww.com/americanther...
- Kory et al Review of the Emerging Evidence Demonstrating the Efficacy of Ivermectin in the Prophylaxis and Treatment of COVID-19 https://journals.lww.com/americanther...
- Expression of concern regarding Kory et al https://journals.lww.com/americanther...
- Elgazzar study (withdrawn from preprint server) https://assets.researchsquare.com/fil...
- Jack Lawrence "Why Was a Major Study on Ivermectin for COVID-19 Just Retracted?" https://grftr.news/why-was-a-major-st...
- Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz "Is Ivermectin for Covid-19 Based on Fraudulent Research?"   / is-ivermectin-for-covid-19-based-on-fraudu...  
- "Huge study supporting ivermectin as Covid treatment withdrawn over ethical concerns" The Guardian July 15, 2021 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2...
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- Response to Lawrence et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159...
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- WARNING: This is a nonsense article from a predatory journal "Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Topical Ivermectin + IotaCarrageenan in the Prophylaxis against COVID-19 in Health
Personnel" https://www.medicalpressopenaccess.co...
- "A Prominent Study Said Ivermectin Prevents COVID, But The Data Is Suspect" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/...
- Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz thread on the Carvallo study   / 1419557546872819719  
- Kyle Sheldrick's one-tweet summary of the state of the Carvallo mess   / 1421795122291777537  
- "Mexico City ..." Washington Post Feb 9, 2022 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...
- JP Pardo-Guerra twitter thread on the Mexico City study   / 1488702273140101122  
- "On withdrawing “Ivermectin and the odds of hospitalization due to COVID-19,” by Merino et al" https://socopen.org/2022/02/04/on-wit...