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Ivermectin is at least an order of magnitude safer than paracetamol. There's 30 years of safety data, more than 3.7 billion doses, and on average less than 1 death per year.

In the talk above, the Ivermectin safety profile is specifically discussed here: [1]

"Ivermectin was generally well tolerated, with no indication of associated CNS toxicity for doses up to 10 times the highest FDA-approved dose of 0.2mg/kg." [2]

The only way you can overdose is if you use horse paste, and get the dose wrong by more than an order of magnitude. Even then, it's unlikely to result in hospitalization or death. The only reason people have to use horse paste is because they are unable to safely obtain Ivermectin by other means.

1. https://player.vimeo.com/video/554350476?autoplay=1#t=6300

2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12362927/




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