"It was felt that there is just not enough evidence at the moment on ivermectin to be confident in a study such as this at this time, and we would encourage waiting until several more studies are published to help improve confidence in the paper. We don't doubt that this is an important paper, and would likely be widely picked up, and as such, we want to make sure that it includes as high-quality evidence as possible to ensure we spread a message that is strongly supported by the evidence.

Therefore, on this occasion, we have decided not to publish your manuscript, but would perhaps consider an updated paper that includes more published evidence later down the line."

The actual full reject letter paragraph that the author very selectively quotes from