Afternoon Drive with John Maytham

Guest: Karyn Maughan

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Guest: Gavin Grey, UK correspondent

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Guest: Carien du Plessis | Journalist

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John Maytham interviews Professor Tom Moultrie, lead author of the study and director of UCT's Centre for Actuarial Research.

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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.

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Guest: Dr Keith Cloete | Head of Health at Western Cape Department Of Health | 

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Guest: Dugald McDonald, South African former rugby union player and author 

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Guest: Professor Francois Venter, Former Senior member of the Covid-19 Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) | Head of the Ezintsha health unit at the University of the Witwatersrand 

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Guest: Prof Richard Calland, Political Analyst and Public Law Professor: University of Cape Town 

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