India designed their own their own Peer Reviewed Ivermectin Study looking at Health Care Workers. It was published on Aug 05, 2021 and reached a conclusion that is being completely ignored by policy makers here in the US:
https://www.cureus.com/articles/6480...thcare-workers
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Conclusion
Two doses of oral ivermectin (300 µg/kg/dose given 72 hours apart) as chemoprophylaxis among HCWs reduced the risk of COVID-19 infection by 83% in the following month. Safe, effective, and low-cost chemoprophylaxis has relevance in the containment of pandemic alongside vaccine.
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Two States in India, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala, acted on the conclusions of that study.
Uttar Pradesh population 241 million (est 2021) decided to continue using Ivermectin for prophylaxis and early treatment just like they had been doing since about May 11, 2021.
Imo, one of the more interesting things some of the States in India decided to do as part of their Test-Trace-Treat Program is hand out Home Medical Kits to people who tested positive as well as people identified through contact tracing as being at risk of infection.
The cost per Kit is about $2.65 US and each kit contains the following items:
Pulse Oximeter
Digital Thermometer
Paracetamol tablets (15)
Vitamin C tablets (30)
Multivatamin tablets with Zinc (30)
Vitamin D3 tablets (2 packs)
Ivermectin 12 mg tablets (10)
Doxycycline 100 mg tablets (10) (for secondary inection)
Three ply face masks (5)
N-95 Masks (2)
Hand Sanitizer (100 ml)
Alcohol based Wipes (1 box with 20 plies)
Gloves (2 pairs)
But not all of the States in India decided to allow use of Ivermectin.
Kerala population 35.8 million (est 2021) disallowed use of Ivermectin for prophylaxis and early treatment on Aug 06, 2021 (the day after the peer reviewed study on Ivermectin was published.)
Comparing the Covid caseload data for Uttar Prashesh vs. Kerala:
According the Johns Hopkins University CSSE Site - this is the current data for Uttar Padesh:
https://coronalevel.com/India/Uttar_Pradesh/
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Development of number of Coronavirus cases: Uttar Pradesh, India
In Uttar Pradesh there have been 1,709,917 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Currently about 210 people are sick, that is one in every 930,000 inhabitants.
The current incidence is 0.1 new cases per week per 100,000 inhabitants*.
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According the Johns Hopkins University CSSE Site - this is the current data for Kerala:
https://coronalevel.com/India/Kerala/
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Development of number of Coronavirus cases: Kerala, India
In Kerala there have been 4,763,695 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Currently about 210,000 people are sick, that is one in every 160 inhabitants.
The current incidence is 248.0 new cases per week per 100,000 inhabitants*.
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Obviously health officials in Uttar Pradesh India have been going about this all wrong.
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