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Amid a fourth wave of infections, health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the use of a decades-old parasite drug to treat COVID-19. Ivermectin is a cheap drug used to kill worms and other parasites in humans and animals.
Review:
100% of 36 early treatment and prophylaxis studies report positive effects (96% of all 55 studies). Of these, 26 studies show statistically significant improvements in isolation.
Review:
The FDA has not authorized or approved ivermectin for use in preventing or treating COVID-19 in humans or animals. Currently available data do not show ivermectin is effective against COVID-19. There are a number of approved treatments including vaccinations.
Factors
veracity
MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING, NOT_MISLEADING
conspiracyTheory
suppressed cures conspiracy theory
Political Leaning
right political leaning
Emotion
fear
Sentiment
negative sentiment
Date published
2021-09-07
Entities
ParasitismIvermectinCoronavirus disease 2019Preventive healthcareFood and Drug AdministrationSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2