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anecdotal," Fauci said. "The NIH active studies are doing a whole bunch of studies with ivermectin, as well as others, to try and settle it once and for all." Fauci said the World Health Organization has also advised against using ivermectin for treating COVID-19. The agency put out a statement in March 2021 saying the drug should only be used in clinical studies until more data are available.3,4 In August, 2020, the NIH committee that issues COVID-19 treatment guidelines recommended against the use of ivermectin outside of clinical trials.5 But after a presentation by Dr. Pierre Kory and his colleagues in January 2021, the panel adopted a neutral stance, saying there were "insufficient data to recommend either for or against the use of ivermectin for the treatment of covid-19." 6,7 In April 2020, the lnfectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), made up of more than 12,000 medical doctors, research scientists and public health experts, including Anthony Fauci, issued a statement in support of Fauci encouraging members to "stand with science." 8,9 In April 2020, ISDA published Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients with COVID-19, which speak against the use of ivermectin in hospitalized patients and ambulatory persons with COVID-19, outside of a clinical trial.10 The ISDA also stated 10 https://www.idsociety.org/practice-guideline/covid-19-guideline-treatment-and-management/ 9 See Dr. Anthony Fauci Shares ID Insights on COVID-19, Infectious Diseases Society of America, https://www.idsociety.org/multimedia/podcasts/dr.-anthony-fauci-shares-id-insights-on-covid-19/ (last accessed March 7, 2022). 8 See IDSA Statement in Support of Anthony Fauci, M.D., FIDSA, lnfectious Diseases Society of America https://www.idsociety.org/news--publications-new/articles/2020/isda-statement-in-support-of-anthony-fauci -m.d.-fidsa/, (last accessed March 7, 2022). 7 See Ivermectin, National Institutes of Health, https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/antiviral-therapy/ivermectin/, (last accessed March 7, 2022). 6 NIH Revises Treatment Guidelines for Ivermectin for the Treatment of COVID-19, Coronavirus News Source, https://www.newswise.com/coronavirus/nih-revises-treatment-guidelines-for-ivermectin-for-the-treatmentof-covid-19, (last accessed March 7, 2022). 5 Laura McGinley, Supporters tout anti-parasite drug as covid-19 treatment, but skeptics call it the 'new hydroxychloroquine,' The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/04/08/ivermectin-covid-drug/, (last accessed March 7, 2022). 4 See https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/who-advises-that-ivermectin-only-be-used-to-treat-c ovid-19-within-clinical-trials, (last accessed March 7, 2022). 3 Laura McGinley, Supporters tout anti-parasite drug as covid-19 treatment, but skeptics call it the 'new hydroxychloroquine,' The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/04/08/ivermectin-covid-drug/, (last accessed March 7, 2022).