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codi's avatar

being completely dismissive of vaccines is naive. being skeptical is a necessary requirement. interested if you are aware of this and what you think. https://www.canadiancovidcarealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/The-COVID-19-Inoculations-More-Harm-Than-Good-REV-Dec-16-2021.pdf

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Alex Horovitz's avatar

Skepticism is one thing. The article you posted is full of unsubstantiated claims. If you go to their website and read their FAQ section it becomes pretty clear that they are a Canadian anti-vax group. They loose me completely by insisting on evidence based data while at the same time suggesting stocking up on ivermectin should you get COVID. I mean, seriously?

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https://www.bbc.com/news/health-58170809

Money Quote: Dr Kyle Sheldrick, one of the group investigating the studies, said they had not found "a single clinical trial" claiming to show that ivermectin prevented Covid deaths that did not contain "either obvious signs of fabrication or errors so critical they invalidate the study".

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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02081-w

"Before its withdrawal, the paper was viewed more than 150,000 times, cited more than 30 times and included in a number of meta-analyses that collect trial findings into a single, statistically weighted result. In one recent meta-analysis in the American Journal of Therapeutics that found ivermectin greatly reduced COVID-19 deaths4, the Elgazzar paper accounted for 15.5% of the effect."

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