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HIH, Table 2e. Characteristics of Antiviral Agents That Are Approved or Under Evaluation for the Treatment of COVID-19 https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/tables/table-2e/ https://www.cms.gov/medicare/covid-19/new-covid-19-treatments-add-payment-nctap FDA live https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-should-not-use-ivermectin-treat-or-prevent-covid-19 NIH live https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/therapies/antiviral-therapy/ivermectin/ Adults: Dosing Regimens The dose most commonly used in clinical trials is IVM 0.2–0.6 mg/kg PO given as a single dose or as a once-daily dose for up to 5 days. Adverse events Generally well tolerated Dizziness Pruritis GI effects (e.g., nausea, diarrhea) Neurological AEs have been reported when IVM has been used to treat parasitic diseases, but it is not clear whether these AEs were caused by IVM or the underlying conditions. Comments and links to clinical trials Generally given on an empty stomach with water; however, administering IVM with food increases its bioavailability. A list of clinical trials is available here: Ivermectin Russia Deaths, https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/russia https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russia-covid-count-fake-statistics/2021/10/16/b9d47058-277f-11ec-8739-5cb6aba30a30_story.html Independent demographer Alexey Raksha Using data from Rosstat, Russia’s statistical agency https://eng.rosstat.gov.ru/folder/11335 Excess mortality, around 750,000 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/10/08/russias-coronavirus-excess-death-toll-hits-660k-a75254 Excess mortality, around 660,000 Tracking cases around the world Officials manipulated statistics and underplayed the crisis China, Turkey https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/world-health-organization-china-not-sharing-data-on-health-care-worker-coronavirus-infections/2020/02/26/28064fda-54e4-11ea-80ce-37a8d4266c09_story.html Alexei Kouprianov, independent analyst and biologist The data for [Russia] is absolutely unreliable Recently ex St. Petersburg campus of the Higher School of Economics (September 2020) Handling of the pandemic, largely left to the regions Regional officials conceal problems, fear of losing their posts Therefore critics, even analytical experts, are sidelined Iceland restricts Moderna https://www.landlaeknir.is/um-embaettid/frettir/frett/item47722/Aframhaldandi-notkun-COVID-19-boluefnis-Moderna-a-Islandi https://www.icelandreview.com/society/covid-19-in-iceland-moderna-vaccine-used-for-60/ https://www.icelandreview.com/news/moderna-use-on-pause-in-iceland/ Chief Epidemiologist, Þórólfur Guðnason Moderna, only be used for booster shots in 60+ Unpublished data from the Nordic countries indicate that the risk of cardiac inflammation after vaccination against COVID-19 is much higher among 18 to 39-year-olds if the Moderna vaccine is used than after vaccination with the Pfizer vaccine Cardiac inflammation after vaccination is much less common among older demographics In 12 to 17-year-olds, lack of European data Under 60 who have received a single shot of Modern, to complete their vaccination with Pfizer Men 18-39 are not recommended to accept the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Iceland data, vast majority of vaccination side effects emerge shortly after vaccination

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