At the risk of displaying my confirmation bias on this, here's what Vinay and I meant when we said "low quality studies" LOL: https://grftr.news/why-was-a-major-study-on-ivermectin-for-covid-19-just-retracted/
This actually shows a few important meta-points:
1) If there was a global conspiracy to suppress Ivermectin, why did it take so long to discover that this seminal trial was bullshit? Some medical student figured it out. Some global conspiracy LOL
2) GOOD data, good peer review, matters. This trial had neither.
3) You wonder about the rest of our scientific database (although to be sure, this trial was off the rails in terms of quality control and wasn't peer reviewed).
4) Pierre Kory and the ivermectin squad of "science by press conference" have been pushing this trial as a central piece of RCT evidence. Maybe they should have read it...carefully. Makes you suspect of the rest of their data claims (as we've been from early on)
5) Ivermectin might still work, but only current RCT trials underway can help us answer that properly
Mrs. DoggMD and I hiked up to the top of a crazy temple and cemetery called Otani Sobyo above Kyoto this morning. Pure madness 🔥 and HELLLA G-HOSTS!
Today's interview with legendary vaccine researcher Paul Offit. Video version coming shortly!
Had a wonderful vacation in Jackson, Wyoming with my daughter Kathy, granddaughter Ava (few senior pictures included) and 19 year old granddaughter Jessica (Junior at Michigan Technical University in Houghton, MI studying engineering). We rode horses, saw a rodeo, went white water rafting, saw the broadway show “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”, went hiking and almost tried mountain climbing! Lighting took that scary activity off the list to my immense relief!!! It was a really beautiful and unforgettable vacation!!!
Oh yes! It started when Zubin mentioned Scottish Highlands, Cathy and Heathcliffe. I didn't find Heathcliffe but I think I found Cathy - taking selfies on a cliff edge at Neist Point on Skye. I found the the best beach in the world up there and took a picture of my Boy and Dog. Then today I drove through the thundery fog of barren Yorkshire Moors looking again for Zubin's Cathy. I didn't find her but I did find @katiehodak and the formidable Nora Batty. The End. Summer 2026 Still looking for Cathy
