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0 pointsskyde4y ago0 comments

did you read the study? They explicitly say :"We cannot conclude in this study that Ivermectin has a place in prophylaxis, but this warrants investigation."

This does not seem to match the HackerNews title very well ;)

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nradov4y ago

Yes I read the study. It involved in vivo use of ivermectin in human subjects. The study authors acknowledged that further research is needed. What's the problem?

skydeOP4y ago

I will save everybody the time to read it! See result below:

Days to negative in the three trial arms: Ivermictine: avg= 6.0 95% CI= (4.61–7.38) Control: avg= 9.15 95% CI= (5.68–12.62)

there was only 20 patient in the control group this would give a margin of error of 21.91% for that 95% confidence interval.

Most statisticians agree that the minimum sample size to get any kind of meaningful result in this case would be ~385

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