The Egyptian study, which appears fraudulent, had swayed the entire body of evidence one way. One of them, a paper coming out of Egypt, reported such a large effect that when it was withdrawn due to “ethical concerns,” a meta-analysis of the ivermectin literature that had once concluded the drug saved lives, once re-analyzed, showed no significant survival benefit. In a recent Atlantic piece, Heathers, one of the data detectives, stated that, “in our opinion, a bare minimum of five ivermectin papers are either misconceived, inaccurate, or otherwise based on studies that cannot exist as described.” That’s at least five out of 30 randomized or influential ivermectin studies the group has looked at. As Richard Smith, a former editor of The British Medical Journal, wrote in a sobering opinion piece last July, “it may be time to move from assuming that research has been honestly conducted and reported to assuming it to be untrustworthy until there is some evidence to the contrary.” These data detectives-in this case Jack Lawrence, Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, Nick Brown, Kyle Sheldrick, and James Heathers-have learned a hard lesson: the apparatus of scientific research is built on trust, which hinders the detection of fraud. The smell of fraud is hard to ignore when you have the nose for it. Data that looked to have been copied and pasted multiple times from one patient to the next. Hospitals that were claimed to have participated but which stated they had no record of the study.
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Rather, they were detected by volunteer scientists spending unpaid time to scrutinize data sets and pick up what would politely be called “inconsistencies.” Patients who had died before the trial to test ivermectin began. Those holes were not spotted by your typical train inspectors. Why? Why won’t the ivermectin train stop? Trust facilitates fraud Scientists and physicians have pointed out that it is falling apart, that it should stop for repair or even be retired. It was starting to look like the future.īut a year and a half later, this train, still ploughing ahead, is now riddled with holes. Study results trickled in backing up their real-life experiences. And the drug, according to those stunned doctors, seemed to be working.
On the heels of ivermectin’s one-time win over the coronavirus in the laboratory, some critical care doctors started to administer it to hospitalized patients who were fighting against complications from COVID-19. And, yes, it comes in a horse paste for the treatment of livestock. Its discovery from soil bacteria and its application in medicine resulted in a Nobel Prize win, and it is listed as an essential medicine by the World Health Organization. When taken by mouth, it treats infections caused by worms, like river blindness and strongyloidiasis. But underneath all of this modern baggage, ivermectin is simply a very useful drug. It is a quasi-religious shibboleth, a belief that identifies the tribe you belong to. This drug, ivermectin, has acquired political overtones in some circles. Ivermectin could stop the new coronavirus from making copies of itself. While the dose used was much higher than what doctors would prescribe, the results were promising. 2007: "Chokehold" (Black Lodge Records)įrom Faceshift's official Facebook page.It started with a laboratory study on African green monkey kidney cells.Immune to trends and fads, Faceshift writes, records, produces and performs from the heart and anyone who has seen, heard or experienced Faceshift will tell you that they´re a true force to be reckoned with. The band's second album, the critically acclaimed All Crumbles Down embodies the diversity of all the members and their musical origins, ranging from drummer Stefan Norgren´s prog metal roots from Seventh Wonder, via singer Timo Hovinen´s grunge-esque vocals, through the death landscapes mastered by bassist Mika Kajanen and Petri Tarvainen to lead guitarist David Bertilsson´s bluesy touch. Faceshift, from Stockholm, Sweden is a band that while firmly rooted in classic heavy metal from the 80´s and 90´s, incorporates elements of grunge, prog, death and blues to create their own unique blend of music.
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