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The Danger of Quirky Cults and Politics

© Photo: REUTERS/Carlo Allegri The forces of democracy should be on vigilant guard against dangerous far-right cults and political movements today as much as they were during World War II, Wayne Madsen writes. The Donald Trump administration opened the door for quirky and crazy cults to dominate political discourse in the United States. Never before in the history of the United States has a political movement combined a cult of personality – that surrounding Trump – with a crackpot political conspiracy – “Qanon” – and fundamentalist “prosperity gospel” Christianity, the latter best described as the unauthorized use of Jesus’s name by a gang of money-grifting charlatans. This toxic brew has been used as a convenient vehicle for right-wing politicians to build a base of donors and supporters. The truly dangerous nature of the Trump political movement, which nested in the Republican Party to the point that Trumpists now control the party of Abraham Lincoln and Dwigh

Ivermectin: 5-day course did not significantly improve the time to resolution of mild COVID-19 symptoms

According to a study published in JAMA today, researchers from the Centro de Estudios en Infectologia Pediatrica in Cali, Colombia looked at the effect of Ivermectin on time to resolution of symptoms among adults with mild COVID-19. Abstract Image/CDC Importance  Ivermectin is widely prescribed as a potential treatment for COVID-19 despite uncertainty about its clinical benefit. Objective  To determine whether ivermectin is an efficacious treatment for mild COVID-19. Design, Setting, and Participants  Double-blind, randomized trial conducted at a single site in Cali, Colombia. Potential study participants were identified by simple random sampling from the state’s health department electronic database of patients with symptomatic, laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 during the study period. A total of 476 adult patients with mild disease and symptoms for 7 days or fewer (at home or hospitalized) were enrolled between July 15 and November 30, 2020, and followed up through Dec

Ivermectin Disappoints in Mild COVID-19

email article COVID-19 patients treated in a randomized trial with the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin did no better than a placebo group, Colombian researchers said. Median time to recovery among mild COVID-19 patients in the ivermectin group was 10 days versus 12 days among those receiving placebo, and rates of symptom resolution at day 21 were about equal, reported Eduardo López-Medina, MD, of Centro de Estudios en Infectología Pediátrica, and colleagues, writing in But the trial was far from perfect. The initial primary outcome was time from randomization until worsening of symptoms by two points on an ordinal scale, but few patients reached this endpoint in the expected time, meaning the sample size needed to maintain sufficient power was unattainable. Therefore, the primary endpoint was changed to time from randomization to symptom resolution by day 21, and the original sample size was retained.

Effect of Ivermectin on time to resolution of symptoms among adults with mild COVID-19

This randomized clinical trials reports that among adults with mild COVID-19, a five-day course of ivermectin, compared with placebo, didn t significantly improve the time to resolution of symptoms. The findings don t support the use of ivermectin for treatment of mild COVID-19, although larger trials may be needed to understand the effects of ivermectin on other clinically relevant outcomes.

Deeply Rooted: Coca Eradication and Violence in Colombia

What’s new? Coca crops have set record yields in Colombia since the 2016 peace accord with FARC guerrillas, persuading the government to expand its forced eradication campaign with the backing of U.S. authorities. Bogotá claims that eliminating the plant will reduce rural violence. Why does it matter? Insecurity in Colombia’s countryside has steadily got worse in recent years as armed groups vie with one another and the military for supremacy. Enhanced eradication, and potentially aerial fumigation, could intensify violence by forcing farmers into the clutches of armed outfits, while failing to stop the replanting of coca.  What should be done? Colombia and the U.S., the lead outside backer of tough counter-narcotic policies in Latin America, should turn the page on using force against coca farmers in a bid to dent global cocaine supply. Boosting rural economies, forging ahead with crop substitution and avoiding clashes with cultivators would make for better policy.

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