Did you read the results? If they are being consistent and the ivermetcin group is always listed first there is a pretty significant difference.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/ja...tent=tfl&utm_term=021822#related-articles-tab
"Results Among 490 patients included in the primary analysis (mean [SD] age, 62.5 [8.7] years; 267 women [54.5%]), 52 of 241 patients (21.6%) in the ivermectin group and 43 of 249 patients (17.3%) in the control group progressed to severe disease (relative risk [RR], 1.25; 95% CI, 0.87-1.80;
P = .25). For all prespecified secondary outcomes, there were no significant differences between groups. Mechanical ventilation occurred in 4 (1.7%) vs 10 (4.0%) (RR, 0.41; 95% CI, 0.13-1.30;
P = .17), intensive care unit admission in 6 (2.4%) vs 8 (3.2%) (RR, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.27-2.20;
P = .79), and 28-day in-hospital death in 3 (1.2%) vs 10 (4.0%) (RR, 0.31; 95% CI, 0.09-1.11;
P = .09). The most common adverse event reported was diarrhea (14 [5.8%] in the ivermectin group and 4 [1.6%] in the control group)."
1. Doesnt help with severe disease, they did quiet a bit worse. 52 vs 43. But considering the break downs below I am wondering what they are calling severe.
2. Ventilation. 4 vs 10, a 60% reduction is pretty significant. Especially if you consider that's 4 of 52 (7%) vs 10 of 43 (23%).
3. ICU admittance 6 vs 8, again that's 6 out 52, 11%, vs 8 out 43, 18% in the control.
4. Deaths 3 vs 10, a 70% decrease in deaths is nothing? And again that is 3 out of 52 (5%), vs 10 out of 43 (23%)
5. More diaherea if you took ivermetcin. 14 vs 4
This is another case of the results not appearing to line up with their summary. More got severely sick, but fewer died, ended up on vents, or in the ICU because of ivermectin. Again what do they mean by severe disease if its not those three things?
Does anyone else read these results and get something different? Am I reading the results backwards? I reread multiple times and i came up heads each time.
This is why i dont trust the "science" the results dont seem to line up with the conclusions they draw.