Is Ivermectin a Covid ‘wonder drug’?
Excited claims have been circulating on the internet about the benefits of a cheap drug, Ivermectin. We look at the numbers and ask what, if anything, we know for sure.
To some on the internet, the cheap anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin is a potential wonder drug that could dramatically change the global fight against Covid-19. It has passionate proponents, from a small group of scientists to the more conspiratorially-minded. But with a scattered evidence base of varying quality, what - if anything - do we know for sure about Ivermectin? And is uncovering the truth a more complex process than some appreciate?
With Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz from the University of Wollongong, Australia.
Producer: Nathan Gower
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More or Less: Behind the Stats
Tim Harford investigates numbers in the news: are they always reliable?
