> Yes, ivermectin is an anti-parasitic, and yes that's probably why there's anecdotal evidence of it working. The reason people are testing it is because it has potential anti-viral properties as well.

And then you said:

> Yes, some people are interested in Ivermectin as a protease inhibitor. But the reason the de-wormer came to prominence in the first place was because some lower quality studies found it has a positive effect on COVID-19 outcomes.

The famous study done in Brazil was a fraudulent one, without authorization from the public health agency, where the patients that took Ivermectin had a 2 to 3 times higher mortality rate (very likely due to unrelated issues), but the numbers were cooked to make the drug look useful. That's the one with thousands of people that registered an effect.

There is also another one, with dozens of people that got an week effect. This one is most likely spurious.

Can you link the follow up study confirming this?

But I guess it was not replicated.