O The epidemiological impact of COVID-19 prophylactic therapy

  • Jose Paula Silva
  • Ana Flavia Silva

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge and because there are no therapeutic alternatives, some practices have been adopted by several municipalities in Brazil. Despite the lack of evidence, some cities have adopted pharmacological prophylaxis. One of the cases is the municipality of Itajaí (SC), which made a massive distribution of the drug Ivermectin®, with a prophylactic objective. Considering the results until February 2020, it was observed that the odds ratio of lethality in the city was 1.81, compared with the state of Santa Catarina and 1.61, compared with the mesoregion of Itajai. The results did not demonstrate prophylactic effectiveness. Knowing that this was a practice adopted in several Brazilian municipalities, such actions may have been totally harmless when compared with the already established prophylaxis, such as maintaining social distance, wearing a mask and washing hands.

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Published
2021-06-25