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ffs... https://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2021/05/26/bmjebm-2021-111678
Please, have a listen to https://bodyofevidence.ca/interview-jack-lawrence-and-gid-m-k-on-ivermectin
Simply on the face of it, the notion that an anti-parasitic is useful against virii is not credulous. But hey, what does the body of evidence on it say so far?
Just get vaccinated. That's the medicine that's proven to help. If you catch COVID, you'd better hope you've been vaccinated.
This article basically says that the methodologies for the studies on ivermecitn are not sound. Ok but this doesn't prove that ivermectin is either good nor bad for treating covid-19 - just that there isn't reliable evidence for ivermectin treating covid-19. Hence why I said in the past post that ivermectin COULD be good against covid-19 and also why I said that there needs to be more research into ivermectin as a treatment for covid-19 to reach a definitive conclusion on it.
The study that I cited is in my view the most reliable study there because its double blind randomized placebo controlled and uses a bigger sample size that most of the other studies with 363 completing follow up.
Granted I'm by no means a scientist, but why is there hardly any good studies on ivermectin as a treatment for covid-19 and why is it that all the studies done on ivermectin don't use good methodologies? Please feel free to share some 'good' studies on ivermectin use for covid-19 because the website https://ivmmeta.com/ has all the studies for ivermectin usage for covid-19 (as far as I am aware) but even I will say that a lot of the studies done on ivermectin are unreliable because most of them use a very small sample size, but there are some that are good such as the one I mentioned above which as far as I am aware hasn't been 'debunked' anywhere.
Feel free to watch the following videos by Dr. John Cambell on youtube, the first video he notes that its quite weird that Australia are outright banning ivermectin and the second he looks at a meta analysis of ivermectin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gndsUjgPYo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j7am9kjMrk
Please also note that I am not advocating for or against ivermectin. I'm simply saying that there needs to be more research into this drug because it could potentially be useful against covid-19 based on the studies that are already done on the drug, granted if we are to believe the bmj article you listed unreliable, but that's all that we can go on at the moment.
NO! This is the problem - WHY do you, or anyone, give a crap about Ivermectin? Because you've been manipulated in to thinking that it's a thing. Here's some other questions you could ask:
Where's the studies about chocolate chip cookies and their effect on COVID-19? Where's the studies about Vitamin-C and it's effect on COVID-19? Where's the studies about dog poop and it's effect on COVID-19?
They are all just as equally valid as your concern about Ivermectin - it's manufactured by misinformation trolls. And they all play exactly the same role in the treatment of COVID-19.
Vitamin C is part of the official NIH Covid-19 Guidelines.
You can't just say "Just get the vaccine" and stop there. That's the opposite of science. Anything that has any potential to help people should be studied. Especially in cases where the medicine is highly available and low cost for disadvantaged people around the world.
Also, lots of medications (including ivermectin) are addressed in the official guidelines.
I have zero interest in getting in an argument for what people should or shouldn't take. But to constantly refer to ivermectin as a "horse dewormer" is disinformation of a different kind. It's FUD. And it's harmful. It's a great drug for certain human conditions and to fear monger it could really have a negative effect on people who might actually need it for treatment.
When people were doing this with Hydroxychloroquine it made it very difficult to get. My mother legitimately needed it for her health treatment and because people kept using it as a political issue it made it very difficult.
So I think instead of vilifying people or medications that can be used to help people, just stick to the truth. There's no consensus. There's no harm in studying it. Talk to your Dr.
I can, actually... we're supposed to be talking about misinformation. We're not supposed to be talking about Ivermectin because there is no medical (sane) professional suggesting that it is to be used for the treatment of COVID in any way, shape or form at this time.
Nobody referred to Ivermectin in this discussion as a horse dewormer... but I understand your point. It does do a disservice to suggest that Ivermectin is only horse dewormer, but I don't think that's where all the yelling and screaming has come from in general. It is definitely the lowest common denominator to yell back at antivaxxers who believe they should buy and consume horse dewormer because they "d1D Th3ir ReSeaRCh!1!" That is an actual thing that's occurring, our local animal feed supply stores had to lock it up. Craziness.
Actual human Ivermectin is by prescription only here, I believe. Hopefully that and the fact that doctors aren't prescribing it for COVID will keep the supply available for those who require it.
I am absolutely all for sticking to the truth. Laymen spreading misinformation is absolutely what I'm against. There is certainly no harm in studying it, but the average Joe has no business trying to interpret those studies and spreading any part of it online. Like you say, talk to your doctor. 100%.
Relevant xkcd
Nothing wrong with doing your own research, especially if know how to properly interpret research methods and results, as @[email protected] clearly does. But not everyone can do that.
I think your arger is justified. But these aren't the anti-vaxers you're looking for. They are advocating more and better research. They are not the guys treating people with unproven drugs.
Bahaha... No, @redbook is as qualified to do so as the next average Joe.
If you meant 'anger', it's not meant to be so... Misinformation spreading, which is still attempting to happen in spades in this thread, is very frustrating. There is absolutely tons to be learned in relation to this virus and medicine that can deal with it, it's an ongoing science experiment. But laymen seeking their own treatments on what medicines they'd like to take or not and pushing the nonsense end of it online as if their opinion matters in the world of medicine, is mostly unhelpful, and leads people down the roads of consuming horse dewormer, bleach, or hydroxychloroquine.
i could explain about what scientific method is, what makes a piece of research valid, how to judge the meaning and validity of a result. so you can filter out all the contradictory science and get to the truth. but doesn't sound like you'd be interested.
I'm taking about understanding a subject matter, not getting personal medical advice.
but you seem to be conscientiously anti science, or at least against certain types of science/research. this is really unusual, if it's true. what is the thinking there? what kind of background leads you to this ideological place?
What are your qualifications?
Are you qualified to determine a fraudulent study?
Have you read any meta-analysis that suggests that promoting Ivermectin (+ anything) for COVID treatment has any actual benefit?
The notion that I'm against science is ridiculous - I'm against unqualified individuals spreading misinformation, that's it.
that's not a real qualification you can get. like a certificate of fraudulent study identifying?
i do really know what you mean. i understand what you're trying to say. but it's so off topic and such a big topic. let's leave that argument for another day.
okay nevermind then. you gave off that impression. I'd love to talk seriously with one of these people, but either they are hard to find or they don't admit to it.