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Indeed, but the literature on ivermectin for scabies is rather consistent - it works. Whereas the literature on ivermectin as a prophylatic for Covid is...well, still in dramatic flux, and there's some very strong conflicts of interest from some of the authors involved.

I was reading the original meta-analysis[1] by the group Scott mentioned here:

> One of them later revised their results to exclude Elgazzar and still found strong efficacy for ivermectin, but they still included Niaee and some other dubious studies.

And looked into one of the studies authors, and well, it was interesting. Her submission here[2] claims that 2402 people have died due to COVID vaccinations (I'm assuming this was a 2020 submission, as the number of deaths in VigiAccess is farrrr higher now) based on data from the VigiAccess database, which has a massive disclaimer.

> The information on this website relates to potential side effects; that is, symptoms and other circumstances that have been observed following the use of a medicinal product, but which may or may not be related to or caused by that product . Information in VigiAccess on potential side effects should not be interpreted as meaning that the medicinal product or its active substance either caused the observed effect or is unsafe to use. Confirming a causal link is a complex process that requires a thorough scientific assessment and detailed evaluation of all available data. The information on this website, therefore, does not reflect any confirmed link between a medicinal product and a side effect .

And on her company's website, there's a link to a Gofundme, but if you click it you get redirected to a PDF that's... also interesting.

> After 5 months on-line, an account review and a handsome profit from our campaign, GoFundMe have cancelled our account! No notification, no warning, no explanation given. Just summarily pulled. What indecent cowards!

It then links at the bottom to an organisation she founded that accepts donations and sells sweet ivermectin swag.[3]

Sadly only ships to the UK though.

[1]: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34145166/

[2]: https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/36858/pdf/

[3]: https://bird-group.org/birdstore/



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