Armchair Critic, the Ziverdo kits include just 3 of 12mg Ivermectin, & an antibiotic used to treat respiratory infections. The Ivermectin to be taken one each in the first 3 days.

These were used for treatment of the infected, but also for those in close contact with the infected as a prophylactic.

I gave one kit to a friend who was deep into a cancer treatment, meaning virtually no effective immune system when he test positive. Medical opinion was the infection would prove a death sentence.

Having started the treatment even before symptoms appeared he was free of the virus with very little covid symptoms.

mhaze,

Lets stick with chutzpah for us both - ay?

mhaze,

I should have said - OI.

Yada dai, dai dai.

Armchair Critic states: "That doesn't in any way mean the data on Ivermectin use is wrong."

So why would Mexico City change its mind?

The answers can be found in the Washington Post article that AC provides as a link.

"Mexico City’s government has boasted of confronting the coronavirus with science-driven policies including widespread testing and vaccination."

"An alarmed city government provided medical kits to patients who tested positive for the coronavirus and had mild to moderate symptoms."

These with mild to moderate symptoms are unlikely to be those admitted to hospital so a fall in hospitalisations is unlikely to be due to the drug.

"One was that the medical kits included not just ivermectin but paracetamol, aspirin and oximeters. It wasn’t clear which of the items may have improved patients’ health."

Even with drug distribution "...the densely packed city has been one of the world’s hardest-hit capitals during the pandemic."

"It’s highly unusual for a government body to distribute a medication that even the country’s own drug regulatory body hasn’t authorized to treat an illness."

"In addition, the city government hadn’t declared its conflict of interest — in other words, that it would benefit if the study portrayed the program as a success."

...and "the lead author of the Mexico City study... acknowledged that the ivermectin study wasn’t a clinical trial, but rather an observational study, in which researchers analyze the effect of an intervention without controlling who is affected."

Well I don't know what to tell you WTF
- Next time there's a pandemic you can have all my vaccines and boosters
Go jab yourself until your hearts content,
- or until it stops beating from myocarditis.

I don't want that poison in my body thank you very much!

AC states "Well I don't know what to tell you WTF."

You could tell me that you acknowledge the science.

You could tell me the article you sited to support your point of view actually gives a number of reasons to not support your point of view.

You could tell me that perhaps well intentioned health departments tried a number of options in the early stages of a pandemic only to move away from them when the research became more robust and reliable.