Ivermectin Does Not Reduce Risk of Covid
Hospitalization, Large Study Finds
New York Times,
by
Carl Zimmer
Original Article
Posted By: IowaDad,
3/30/2022 6:22:18 PM
The anti-parasitic drug ivermectin, which has surged in popularity as an alternative treatment for Covid-19 despite a lack of strong research to back it up, showed no sign of alleviating the disease, according to results of a large clinical trial published on Wednesday. The study, which compared more than 1,300 people infected with the coronavirus in Brazil who received either ivermectin or a placebo, effectively ruled out the drug as a treatment for Covid, the study’s authors said. “There’s really no sign of any benefit,”
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Norway 3/30/2022 6:25:27 PM (No. 1114730)
Funny thing--doctors like David McCullough and the doctors at FLCCC who have treated thousands of covid patients say the exact opposite. And they say it at the real risk of losing their license and careers. With enough $$ you can create a 'study' to prove anything you want to. And the NYT will gladly report it.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Proud Texan 3/30/2022 6:30:22 PM (No. 1114737)
Funny how so much "anecdotal (real world) experience sow that ivermectin is VERY effective fighting covid but so many studies designed to make it fail show that it doesn't. In some of the earlier studies in the US that I read about, patients were given massive, massive doses to make sure the patients died. And so, the mass murder continues.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
edgar 3/30/2022 6:30:29 PM (No. 1114738)
Ivermectin on its own will not work. Need the cocktail. It makes all the difference in the world.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Proud Texan 3/30/2022 6:30:42 PM (No. 1114739)
shows, not sow
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
bubby 3/30/2022 6:31:19 PM (No. 1114742)
If it doesn’t work why have they gone to such extreme efforts to demonize it and deny Americans access to it?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
TLCary 3/30/2022 6:32:50 PM (No. 1114747)
There is no Correlation between Anthropogenic carbon emissions and Global Warming, a Large Study funded by The Petroleum Industry Finds. I can play that game. A study on Ivermectin being highly effective when taken early on is unnecessary because it has already been demonstrated on a scale the size of INDIA. Take a look at Wikipedia for "Why Most Published Research Findings Are False".
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
marbles 3/30/2022 6:33:57 PM (No. 1114750)
Along HCQ it worked on a couple of hundred million in Uttar Pradesh in India.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Anti_democRAT 3/30/2022 6:36:17 PM (No. 1114754)
Just curious did nyt report the studies that showed 85% reduction in hospitalization or that it is more effective than any other covid treatment. Seems the picked a loser out of the field.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Toby Ten Bears 3/30/2022 6:40:45 PM (No. 1114760)
If the NY Times prints it, you know the exact opposite is true.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Rich323 3/30/2022 6:48:10 PM (No. 1114764)
It’s the New York Times for cryin out loud! Times lied about Hillary’s Russia dossier, Hunter Biden’s laptop, and countless other stories which today they admit they lied. This has to be a lead up to the next Covid variant and forcing more vaccinations versus using therapeutics to treat the disease. The liberals NEED Covid to stay alive to steal the 2022 elections. Without Covid blanket mail in ballots and drop boxes their strategy wanes.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Rich323 3/30/2022 6:50:44 PM (No. 1114767)
Oh by the way, notice Daddy Karen from Iowa posted this obscure negative Covid report.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
formerNYer 3/30/2022 7:01:46 PM (No. 1114770)
I'm surprised they didn't call Ivermectin "Russian disinformation."
Worked with many people from India, who still had much family there and they said they had great success with Ivermectin.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Starlifter Nav 3/30/2022 7:12:52 PM (No. 1114775)
I -N -D - I - A.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
millstream 3/30/2022 7:23:45 PM (No. 1114779)
Would anyone be surprised if the study was orhanized with funding by big pharma. Is it a coincidence that they are concocting new and expensive alternative therapies and they are applying for more vaccines at 6 month intervals.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
rikkitikki 3/30/2022 7:35:25 PM (No. 1114784)
Ivermectin can kill the coronavirus within 48 hours, reports new study
https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-01-18-ivermectin-can-kill-coronavirus-within-48-hours.html#
Dr. Syed Haider “has treated more than 4,000 COVID-19-positive patients so far during the pandemic,” with Ivermectin and Quercetin, according to Udumbara, writing last week. “Just five ended up going to a hospital, and none have died.”
https://thenewamerican.com/i-know-for-a-fact-hcq-and-ivermectin-work-to-treat-covid/
Studies & Doctors Show Ivermectin Is COVID Effective
https://principia-scientific.com/studies-doctors-show-ivermectin-is-covid-effective/
Ivermectin blocks over 80% of viral replication of CV19
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-01577-x
British physician, Andrew Hill, favorably reported to the WHO on the dramatic international experience proving efficacy of Ivermectin in Jan-2021 (reduction in mortality of 80%!!!!!), but then reported to WHO that more studies were needed…and the WHO thereafter refused to endorse Ivermectin.
https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/dr-andrew-hill-lied-about-ivermectin/
Study in Florida demonstrates Ivermectin reduces mortality from Covid19 by 70% compared to Remdesivir
https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/dr-john-campbell-ivermectin-in-florida-and-brazil/
Study in Brazil demonstrates Ivermectin reduces mortality from Covid19 by 70% compared to no Ivermectin
https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/dr-john-campbell-ivermectin-in-florida-and-brazil/
If the two studies above (Florida and Brazil) are accurate, then the inference is easily made that the use of Remdesivir has no significant effect on mortality from Covid19!
For demonstrations of the dramatic effectiveness of Ivermectin in Oklahoma, Indonesia, Japan, Peru, India, and Sub-Saharan Africa, please refer to these articles:
Ivermectin mitigates 97% and 98% of Covid Cases in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh
https://thebluestateconservative.com/2022/01/20/flccc-doctor-gives-compelling-testimony-to-nh-house-committee-in-support-of-ivermectin-dispensed-without-a-prescription/
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/12/dr_ben_carson_nails_it_on_the_suppression_of_existing_therapies_for_covid_ivermectin_and_hydroxychloroquine.html
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/oklahoma-doctors-tremendous-success-treating-nursing-home-covid-patients-ivermectin/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/10/update-covid-19-cases-plummeted-indonesia-government-authorized-ivermectin-treatment-big-pharma-vaccines-made-little-difference/
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/nearly-50-of-uttar-pradesh-covid-free-now-govt/articleshow/86827650.cms
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/09/huge-uttar-pradesh-india-announces-state-covid-19-free-proving-effectiveness-deworming-drug-ivermectin/
Technical report on why Ivermectin works:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7536980/
Here are eight ivermectin studies already completed:
Therapeutic’s name: IVERMECTIN (see Figure 1 and note on ivermectin for inpatient treatment as well as guidance for clinicians, please click here.)
1) Espitia-Hernandez G et al. “Effects of Ivermectin-azithromycin-cholecalciferol combined therapy on COVID-19 infected patients: a proof of concept study.” Biomedical Research 2020; 31 (5): 129-133Download PDFSummary: Patients who met inclusion criteria were invited to take Ivermectin (6 mg once daily in day 0,1,7 and 8) plus Azithromycin (500 mg once daily for 4 days) plus Cholecalciferol (4000 UI twice daily for 30 days). Treatment outcome was evaluated on the 10th day onward from the first day of the drug intake. Recovery rate of the 28 patients that received the combination therapy was 100%, the mean symptomatic recovery duration was 3.6 days and negative PCR was confirmed on day 10.
2) Samaha Ali et al. “Effects of a Single Dose of Ivermectin on Viral and Clinical Outcomes in Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infected Subjects: A Pilot Clinical Trial in Lebanon.” Viruses 2021 May 26;13(6):989. Doi: 10.3390/v13060989Download PDFSummary: A randomized controlled trial was conducted in 100 asymptomatic Lebanese subjects that tested positive for SARS-CoV2. Fifty patients received standard preventive treatment, mainly supplements, and the experimental group received a single dose according to body weight of ivermectin, in addition to the same supplements the control group received. 72 hours after the regimen started, the increase in Ct-values was dramatically higher in the ivermectin than in the control group. Additionally, more subjects in the control group developed clinical symptoms: three individuals (6%) required hospitalization, compared to 0% for the ivermectin group.
3) Cadegiani, FA et al. “Early COVID-19 Therapy with Azithromycin Plus Nitazoxanide, Ivermectin or Hydroxychloroquine in Outpatient Settings Significantly Reduced Symptoms Compared to Known Outcomes in Untreated Patients.” New Microbes and New Infections, July 7, 2021. Doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100915Download PDFSummary: Compared to CG1 and CG2, AG showed a reduction of 31.5 to 36.5% in viral shedding (p < 0.0001), 70 to 85% and 70 to 73% in duration of COVID-19 clinical symptoms… For every 1,000 confirmed cases for COVID-19, a minimum of 140 patients were prevented from hospitalization (p 30 (non-infectious level)… On day 6, 34 out of 47 (72%) patients in the ivermectin arm reached the endpoint, compared to 21/42 (50%) in the placebo arm… Cultures at days 2 to 6 were positive in 3/23 (13.0%) of ivermectin samples vs. 14/29 (48.2%) in the placebo group (p=0.008).
5) Merino J et al. “Ivermectin and the odds of hospitalization due to COVID-19: evidence from a quasi-experimental analysis based on a public intervention in Mexico City.” SocArXiv, May 3, 2021. Doi: 10.31235/osf.io/r93g4Download PDFSummary: “We estimated logistic-regression models with matched observations adjusting by age, sex, COVID severity, and comorbidities. We found a significant reduction in hospitalizations among patients who received the ivermectin-based medical kit; the range of the effect is 52% – 76% depending on model specification.”
6) Fonseca SNS et al. “Risk of hospitalization for Covid-19 outpatients treated with various drug regimens in Brazil: Comparative analysis.” Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 November-December; 38. Doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101906Download PDFSummary: “Use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), prednisone or both significantly reduced hospitalization risk by 50–60%. Ivermectin, azithromycin and oseltamivir did not substantially reduce risk further.”
7) Lima-Morales R et al. “Effectiveness of a multidrug therapy consisting of Ivermectin, Azithromycin, Montelukast, and Acetylsalicylic acid to prevent hospitalization and death among ambulatory COVID-19 cases in Tlaxcala, Mexico.” Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Apr; 105: 598-605. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.02.014Download PDFSummary: “A comparative effectiveness study was performed among 768 confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases aged 18-80 years, who received ambulatory care… A total of 481 cases received the TNR4 therapy, while 287 received another treatment (comparison group). Nearly 85% of cases who received the TNR4 recovered within 14 days compared to 59% in the comparison group. The likelihood of recovery within 14 days was 3.4 times greater among the TNR4 group than in the comparison group. Patients treated with TNR4 had a 75% and 81% lower risk of being hospitalized or death, respectively, than the comparison group.”
8) Loué P et al. “Ivermectin and COVID-19 in Care Home: Case Report.” J Infect Dis Epidemiol. April 17, 2021; 7:4, 202. Doi: 10.23937/2474-3658/1510202Download PDFSummary: “Of the 25 PCR-positive patients, 10 chose to take the IVM treatment (group 1) and 15 chose not to take IVM (group 2). Patients of the group 1 received a single dose of 200 micrograms/kg body weight… Mortality occurred in 1 patient in the group 1 and 5 of the group 2 (p = 0.34).”
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 3/30/2022 7:39:20 PM (No. 1114787)
Is the NYT suddenly a good source for medical news?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 3/30/2022 7:59:18 PM (No. 1114797)
#11, you are right, IowaDad is a dem troll and often posts to sow confusion.
Favorite authors: Alinsky and Sun Tzu.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Finally50 3/30/2022 8:00:28 PM (No. 1114802)
You don't have to go to India - it saved my sister in south Texas!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
MindMadeUp 3/30/2022 8:19:19 PM (No. 1114822)
#3 hits it on the head. Ivermectin needs to be given along with zinc, etc. The method in this study was to give it by itself. At no place in this published study do they even mention zinc.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
MindMadeUp 3/30/2022 8:27:25 PM (No. 1114831)
The ones who did the study mention being in touch with advocates of ivermectin and, as a result, increasing the number of days they gave the drug to 3. So they must have also been told about the cocktail of zinc, etc that should be included in the protocol, but they make no mention of zinc at all. This makes me suspicious that they left it out on purpose in order to discredit ivermectin. One analogy I've read is that ivermectin is like the gun and zinc is like the bullet. Essentially they did a study using an unloaded gun and found it gave no better protection than having no gun at all. Duh. A realistic study would have had two more groups, one receiving both ivermectin and zinc and another with only zinc as a control,
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
DVC 3/30/2022 8:34:29 PM (No. 1114840)
220 million folks in Uttar Pradesh, India say that the NYT LIES.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Sully 3/30/2022 8:39:36 PM (No. 1114848)
Wow. Whose gonna tell the poor people of India and Africa they they're gonna hafta die after all bc the drug that saved them does not in fact work.
And how will they pickem?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Mofongo 3/30/2022 9:34:43 PM (No. 1114910)
Why does The New York Times always come out on the side of more death?
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
RussZilla 3/30/2022 9:37:41 PM (No. 1114915)
I think the article is a naked lie. Ivermectin is an over-the-counter drug in Brazil, a Brazilian friend tells me, as is HCQ. IV is for worms, and HCQ is a malaria drug. I took HCQ for a trip to Honduras a few years ago. No side effects. I believe the two work and should be used. I used a bunch of vitamins with quercetin, available at my local health food store, and when my family got sick with covid, I didn't.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
stablemoney 3/30/2022 9:52:06 PM (No. 1114925)
Covid shots have not been shown to reduce the risk of hospitalization.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
earlybird 3/30/2022 10:12:52 PM (No. 1114947)
Confirmatiion bias. Myside bias. Or what they call “confirmatory bias” in the UK is something we should not see in a scientist, who should have an open mind. We have seen some world class doctors/scientists vouch for the benefit of early treatment with the ivermectin “cocktail”. 1,300 isn’t much of a trial. And we have no idea who the study’s authors were. Great numbers of Indians would argue that the study was not conclusive or perhaps was badly done.
OP has an agenda. It is no secret. I expect he reads only that which confirms his bias. And we haven’t the foggiest notion who he is, what credentials he has.
So: OP = 0. NYT = 0.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
earlybird 3/30/2022 10:24:16 PM (No. 1114959)
The study was financed by the Rainwater Charitable Foundation, a family foundation. Richard Rainwater used to be a hustler for the Bass brothers of Texas. Now the RCW has one holding: Vanguard Index Funds. You can bet that you’ll find some big pharma amongst the holdings.
There is no money to be made with ivermectin. Rainwater was always about making money. There would be no reason for his foundation to operate differently now.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 3/30/2022 10:25:06 PM (No. 1114962)
Wow! A placebo controlled blinded study for a change. This is real science. Placebo controlled blinded studies are as good as it gets.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
earlybird 3/30/2022 10:25:34 PM (No. 1114963)
Correction. The RCF, not the RCW.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
BarryNo 3/30/2022 10:32:31 PM (No. 1114969)
A pack of liars howling at the moon - the NYT is the paper of Liars... Even when they have the truth in hand.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Heil Liberals 3/30/2022 10:46:10 PM (No. 1114981)
That is likely correct. But used with a protocol of other medications and supplements, it seems to have actually worked.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Newtsche 3/30/2022 11:52:32 PM (No. 1115007)
Odd this bs "study" shows up the day Biden trots out covid.gov.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
danu 3/31/2022 12:13:57 AM (No. 1115017)
FTA : “There’s really no sign of any benefit,” ,,,'to our wallets' there FIFY
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
mamabear 3/31/2022 12:19:17 AM (No. 1115022)
Yet another study designed fail??
First, If I am reading the study correctly, it was administered to people who "presentation to an outpatient care setting with an acute clinical condition consistent with Covid-19 within 7 days after symptom onset; ". The clinical condition/s are not specifically stated-but should have been. It is quite possible they were also too far along to be helped.
Second, the correct early treatment protocol includes other items besides Ivermectin.
Third, 3 days of treatment is not enough. One recommended treatment protocol is 5 days. The prophylactic protocol is several weeks. The FLCCC website has several successfully applied protocols specifically designed to address more than one covid19 condition: early, in-hospital and long covid.
This study does not rule out efficacy with a different dosage, correctly and properly administered as recommended by thousands of physicians worldwide. Not to mention the millions worldwide who took it and were cured.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
mamabear 3/31/2022 12:23:46 AM (No. 1115023)
And thanks #15. It took quite a bit of time and patience to assemble your facts. :-)
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Trigger2 3/31/2022 3:37:29 AM (No. 1115089)
And just "who" submitted that study? The drug industry who came up with the kill shots?
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
ToryWhite 3/31/2022 5:44:28 AM (No. 1115127)
The New York Times has zero credibility. All the News That's Fit to Distort. OF COURSE they say a cheap. effective drug doesn't work against Covid. And, isn't that straight from the Biden drone's lips?
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
Edgelady 3/31/2022 6:38:01 AM (No. 1115148)
With enough money you can buy whatever results you want. I’m so tired of these lies.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
udanja99 3/31/2022 9:21:54 AM (No. 1115326)
Read no further than the name of the OP. It’s all you need to know.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
MickTurn 3/31/2022 11:00:33 AM (No. 1115452)
Obviously a rigged study...
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