The current evidence against Ivermectin is pretty overwhelming, just look at the Wikipedia article. Merck, the maker of the drug came out months ago saying its not useful against COVID.

It's an old anti-parasitic drug with an unknown mechanism of action, just like Hydroxychloroquine . And if you look around it's being pushed by the exact same people. Anti vaxxers who want something to point at for a reason to avoid the vaccine.

My dismissiveness is because the vaccine will be widely available long before Ivermectin is. It will take a year to even know if it's effective. And it's a low-volume drug.

Anybody that can get Ivermectin can also get the vaccine. So the sole purpose for pushing it is to reinforce anti vax viewpoints. Ivermectin is only widely available because nobody is using it to treat COVID. The vaccines have vastly higher production rates at this point