Does Ivermectin help with Covid-19 cases?
George Christensen has states that a recent Japanese study that he says vindicates his promotion of ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19.
He states: “A Japanese company is reported to have just found the drug to have anti-viral properties against the virus.” But, he omits the last part of this statement:
“Kowa’s announcement states that ivermectin showed some effect against Omicron and previous COVID-19 variants, it also makes clear the trial did not involve humans.”
This new report is no different to studies in 2020 that showed ivermectin had some activity in cells in Petri dishes, but again no results for human testing.
A statement from the University of Sydney, said it had “never been in dispute that in laboratory conditions ivermectin had some efficacy against COVID“, but, “what we’ve seen in the lab has not translated to what happens in humans“.