machinelearny | 10 points | Mar 29 2021 22:45:34

US 15 Jan drop in ICU patients

Is it possible that the NIH change in ivermectin guidelines resulted in this incredible drop in ICU patients? Or is there another explanation? The ICU drop is extremely sharp, while cases and deaths did some weird oscilation at the top and then started dropping. I does seem like something triggered a drop in cases from around the 7'th/8th, but it wasn't as marked as the ICU drop.

USA COVID ICU patients

And it's not because a lot more people died on that day, since deaths had a similar dramatic drop, then a weird rise and then a steep descent again:

Deaths also dropped

The cases started dropping a bit earlier - as expected, around the 9'th.

Cases dropped around the 9'th, went up again a bit and then dropped again

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[-] Inner_G84 | 3 points | Mar 29 2021 23:13:35

This is the type of evidence needed to place inferring of politicians. If we can link that info beyond a shadow of a doubt or clearly enough that they couldn't attribute it to the vaccines or anyone else they'd try to squirm in as a possible reason.

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[-] mekikichee | 3 points | Mar 30 2021 00:56:11

So physicians are using it? They need to speak up if they are seeing results. More of the frontline need to speak up. I've had enough of the ivory tower!

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[-] HeeeeeyNow | 2 points | Mar 30 2021 19:21:54

I heard of a physician who prescribe it to a friend (unprompted) last week

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[-] mekikichee | 1 points | Mar 30 2021 19:28:02

Oh great news! What country?

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[-] traveler19395 | 1 points | Mar 30 2021 08:32:37

1) Is there any evidence (even anecdotal!) that there was any significant increase in Ivermectin use following that NIH change from negative to neutral?

2) Something else significant started widespread distribution around the same time, vaccines.

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[-] loonygecko | 1 points | Mar 30 2021 10:43:46

Wasn't that around the time when they started requiring 2 positive tests in order to label an illness as covid? Before that, just congestion and a cough was enough for them to say it was covid. Probably just fewer cases of mislabeled covid.

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