This is why India is in such deep shit.

landude1 | 8 points | Apr 23 2021 16:08:13

This is why India is in such deep shit.

Why stop something that was working? It seems like all leaders are assholes.

https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/pharma/anti-parasitic-drug-ivermectin-not-to-be-included-for-covid-19-treatment-protocol-health-ministry/78819616

[-] Ghosts_of_Astronauts | 6 points | Apr 23 2021 16:35:10

I think it’s also a distraction from the fact that some states in India have had much success with using ivermectin. This media disinformation campaign is running strong.

[-] stereomatch | 5 points | Apr 23 2021 20:34:15

Please see this thread for why ivermectin use was probably not that huge, given Uttar Pradesh (the oft-quoted shining example of ivermectin use) has a population of 240M and probably they have not used even 24M doses of ivermectin in Uttar Pradesh.

Thread also examines the question of whether variants may be causing escape:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ivermectin/comments/mw9xi0/xpost_warning_contains_upsetting_scenes_across/gvj995a/

[-] RogerKnights | 4 points | Apr 23 2021 18:55:01

"A government official said, "Many states, for example--Uttar Pradesh, are utilising the drug as off label for treatment purpose and also for prophylaxis use against Covid-19. Now, it has been decided not to recommend ivermectin medicine in the National Clinical Management Protocol for Covid-19 as there is not enough safety and efficacy evidence as per the randomised trials held across the world.""

Oh come on!