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I am surprised with how conspiratorial hacker news has been regarding COVID treatments and vaccines. I thought this crowd was a bit more rigorous in their scientific takes.

For this study in particular, people are raising methodological concerns about the quality of this study and whether the results can in any way be attributed to ivermectin use, given that there was little control on who used ivermectin after it was distributed to them and who may have already been using ivermectin.

To go with the argument that people on the anti-vaxx/pro ivermectin side of things like to use, let's question where the money came from:

Wada and Meyerowitz-Katz, who were not involved with the study, each pointed out potential conflicts of interest with the study’s authors. They noted that although the preprint version of the study mentions that two of its authors received money from a pharmaceutical company that manufactures ivermectin, the published version leaves that detail out.

The published version of the study simply stated that "all authors have declared that they have no financial relationships at present or within the previous three years with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work."

Above note is via politifact (which I am not taking as gospel to discredit this study, but just to raise skepticism)