NEW META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMISED TRIALS WITH IVERMECTIN SHOWS SUBSTANTIAL EFFICACY

We still do not know the cause of Christian Eriksen’s cardiac arrest during the game against Finland 4 days ago. The reason for the sudden collapse should be revealed at the earliest. Why should a young world class professional sportsman who has been regularly checked for a potential cardiac ailment need to be defibrillated on the pitch ?

In the meantime a high quality meta analysis of 21 randomised trials including more than 2700 Covid patients has shown a significant 68% in mortality by ivermectin in patients suffering from Covid 19. The evidence was of low to moderate certainty.

There was also an 86% significant reduction in contracting Covid by ivermectin.

The meta analysis suggests that ivermectin is safe and effective in reducing morbidity and mortality in patients of Covid 19.

10.21203/rs.3.rs-317485/v1
Ivermectin for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 Infection: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis