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Preprint available here:
Results robust to all reasonable confounders in propensity-score matched analysis thanks to a rich data set.
The results can be considered quasi-randomised.
The Brazilian city of Itajai has offered Ivermectin as prophylaxis (0.2mg/day/kg for 2 days every 2 weeks) to its 220,000 inhabitants and meticulously tracked the results.
60% (with higher risk) took IVM over 7 months.
The Covid hospitalization and mortality rates were HALVED.
Risk of dying from COVID-19 among ivermectin users was 45% lower than non-users (RR, 0.55; 95%CI, 0.40 – 0.77; p = 0.0004).
Conclusion:
Prophylactic use of ivermectin showed significantly reduced COVID-19 infection rate, mortality rate and chance of dying from COVID-19 on a calculated population-level analysis, which controlled for all relevant confounding variables.
Versus the hazardous, adverse effects of the $hots.
I’ll go with the Ivm and natural immunity.