Ivermectin is a perfect storm of technically true but ultimately misleading experimental results combined with a pattern of results that for all the world looks like a conspiracy.

A fantastic summary of the whole mess is here: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/ivermectin-much-more-t...

This was discussed recently here on YC News just 5 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29249686

If you're too lazy to read a few pages of text that can save your life, I'll summarise it for in in a TL;DR:

Ivermectin works! This was demonstrated by at least one high-quality study with no signs of fraud or other serious faults.

It really will improve your odds of recovery from COVID-19!

Unfortunately, the entirety of that benefit stems from a high endemic load of parasites in places like India and Pakistan, where the high-quality successful studies were run. Those parasites will kill you within days if you're given the kind of steroids routinely used to treat COVID.

You know what kills parasites?

Ivermectin.

Even a single pill will save you from a death... from parasites. Not COVID, per-se.

That's why studies in western countries couldn't reproduce the results. They weren't trying to "cover up the truth", or whatever X-Files bullshit conspiracy theory you want to cook up. No, they just couldn't improve people's odds of survival simply because people on most western countries don't have parasite infections.

Ivermectin will not save you from a COVID infection.

Take one pill anyway. It's harmless and will save your from any parasites you might have.