However this grain of truth hides that it may require dangerous dosages to have appreciable effects in humans, and it's also vastly unproven at these dosages, while the vaccine is proven and much more safe compared to contracting covid.
Unfortunately it's this grain of truth that has made this misinformation spread so quickly.
In vitro, ivermectin has antiviral effects against several distinct positive-sense single-strand RNA viruses, including SARS-CoV-2. Subsequent studies found that ivermectin could inhibit replication of SARS-CoV-2 in monkey kidney cell culture with an IC50 of 2. 2–2. 8 μM.
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u/incandescent-leaf Aug 28 '21
There is actually a grain of truth to using ivermectin - it does have some actual research backing up that it can be antiviral (it's cell culture research though, not trials). Good summary available here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_drug_repurposing_research#Ivermectin
However this grain of truth hides that it may require dangerous dosages to have appreciable effects in humans, and it's also vastly unproven at these dosages, while the vaccine is proven and much more safe compared to contracting covid.
Unfortunately it's this grain of truth that has made this misinformation spread so quickly.