The way to convince the disbelievers is with large randomized controlled trials.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_drug_repurposing_rese...
Also if it worked, I'm pretty sure Merck (the creator of Ivermectin) would be all over selling it for that purpose.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7261036/figure/...
also see ivmmeta for studies, endless studies
I'm not going to sit here with tinfoil hat, I don't really care anymore because we have the vax now, but something was up with the way this is being buried, not just dismissed but literally buried, it's weird.
A) homochiral enantiomers
B) analogues
C) cocktails
"Our formulation of Norivermectin plus Foobarmanolib is 10% more effective and has 3.5% fewer incidence of side effects. The small increase in effectiveness is projected to decrease hospital stays by 4.5 h, leading to 2 million lives potentially saved."
Boom, profitable, patentable COVID cure. Doctors could still prescribe plain ivermectin off-label but would be incentivized by pharma reps to sell name brand.
Norivermectin and Foobarmanolib are hypothetical, of course. But the trick is real, see escitalopram, armodafinil, aripiprazole + antidepressants, etc.