Question asked by Mano on 12/16/2020
Hello,
You are asking us about the interest, in the treatment of Covid-19, of this antiparasitic used in human health since the beginning of the 1980s (then later for veterinary purposes). On the Internet, many sites relay the idea that its therapeutic efficacy would be proven. The thesis is particularly successful in the countries of South America, and is relayed in France by various personalities on social networks, such as Francois Asselineau in mid-December, who claimed that ivermectin was “Very effective in curing all stages of Covid-19”.
An experimental model that shows its limits
The craze for this treatment has its origins in an Australian study published early April, on the efficacy of this molecule in vitro (in a test tube) against infection of macaque kidney cells by Sars-CoV-2 (1). These encouraging results, however, did not prejudge the efficacy of the mol
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Florian Gouthière
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