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It's banned on YouTube because of multiple authoritative sources indicating it's not a safe and effective treatment for COVID-19.

Here is the FDA's stance: https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-shoul...

Here is the European equivalent of the AMA advising against it's use: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/ema-advises-against-use-iv...

Here is an RCT in JAMA finding it ineffective: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2777389

And here is Merck, that sells Ivermectin, but whose vaccine didn’t make it through clinical trials, discouraging the use of Ivermectin for COVID-19: https://www.merck.com/news/merck-statement-on-ivermectin-use...

If Ivermectin worked on COVID-19, the manufacturer of Ivermectin that has made no money on vaccines for COVID-19 would probably be pushing it wouldn't they?

There have been some studies that found it effective in vitro, but as noted in other comments, at several times the safe dosage in vivo.

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