Taking a horse quantity of any drug is unwise, even one that won the 2015 Nobel Prize (Ivermectin). It still needs large scale RCTs for Covid-19 use, but there are some small trials that at least indicate it should be taken seriously and not outright discredited and smeared.
"Meta-analysis of randomized trials of ivermectin to treat SARS-CoV-2 infection" - "there was a 56% reduction in mortality; p=0.004 .. with favorable clinical recovery and reduced hospitalization."
"Meta-analysis of randomized trials of ivermectin to treat SARS-CoV-2 infection" - "there was a 56% reduction in mortality; p=0.004 .. with favorable clinical recovery and reduced hospitalization."
https://academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/of...
"Ivermectin was associated with decreased mortality in patients with COVID-19... The certainty of evidence for mortality reduction was low."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187140212...