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1. MPSimm+h8[view] [source] 2026-02-04 15:05:53
>>bookof+(OP)
I was going to say, "finally something that ivermectin can help with!" except https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7974686/
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2. gus_ma+lq[view] [source] 2026-02-04 16:25:40
>>MPSimm+h8
Ivermectin is a very good dewormer! Most 2020 crap studies were easy to make because ivermectin was already distributed to big populations as a dewormer.

I'm the guy that every time someone calls it a good horse dewormer I reply: "And a good human dewormer too!"

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3. duskwu+ga2[view] [source] 2026-02-05 01:39:06
>>gus_ma+lq
> Ivermectin is a very good dewormer!

And that may be responsible for some false positives in ivermectin studies for COVID - if a patient has a parasitic infection as well as COVID, treating the parasites will improve their outcome.

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