That's not true. Ivermectin, early on, also had studies that showed it worked. In retrospect, these studies were likely dependent on people having parasites, which made it irrelevant for western medicine, but there were definitely studies that showed it worked. There was also evidence it had antiviral effects, but that was on cell cultures which is fundamentally different than how it functions within the body. It's also a Nobel-winning drug that has an extremely safe track record. It's been given to over a billion people on the planet over the last 35 years. Furthermore, Ivermectin is a protease inhibitor, which is the same mechanism Paxlovid uses to suppress replication of the virus if detected soon enough. Even though they use different methods of achieving this, the theory was the same for both drugs. ALL of that is logical reason not to freak out about people using Ivermectin.

I would love to see a study done on ivermectin that mirrored the study they just released on Paxlovid.

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