Guest: Nathan Geffen | Editor at Ground Up

Ivermectin, a medication normally used to treat many types of parasite infestations, has been controversially touted as a wonder drug in the treatment of Covid-19.
But GroundUp says results from the largest trial yet comparing it with a placebo, published on Friday, found there was statistically no significant benefit from its use, but that there could be possible harm.
It says however that the trial is too small to definitively settle questions about ivermectin’s safety and efficacy.

Guest: Nathan Geffen | Editor at Ground Up
Ivermectin,&nbsp;a medication normally used to treat many types of parasite infestations, has been controversially touted as a wonder drug in the treatment of&nbsp;Covid-19. But GroundUp&nbsp;says results from the&nbsp;largest trial yet comparing it with a&nbsp;placebo,&nbsp;published on Friday, found there was statistically no significant benefit from its use, but that there could be possible harm. It says however that&nbsp;the&nbsp;trial is too small to definitively settle questions about ivermectin&rsquo;s safety and efficacy.

John Maytham is a trained actor who made the switch to radio over 20 years ago when he joined the news team at Radio 604.

He then swapped reporting for anchoring an AM drive time show at a national talk radio station.

Once he set the bar for South African news and talk radio he accepted the challenge to join Primedia Broadcasting and help establish the newly founded CapeTalk, fulfilling the role of both News Editor and Breakfast Host.

He was the first host to switch on the mic on 14 October 1997.

Years later, he was also the first radio broadcaster to do a Google Hangout in South Africa.

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