{"id":63226,"date":"2021-05-01T17:03:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T21:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=63226"},"modified":"2021-05-01T17:03:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T21:03:45","slug":"ivermectin-is-89-effective-as-covid-19-prophylactic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=63226","title":{"rendered":"Ivermectin is &#8220;89% effective&#8221; as COVID-19 prophylactic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Doctor defends \u201880 clinical studies\u2019 showing ivermectin \u201889% effective\u2019 at preventing COVID<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><em>\u2018People are trying to scare us from taking ivermectin,\u2019 Dr. Benigno Agbayani declared. \u2018It\u2019s one of the safest drugs in the world.\u2019<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>By Michael Haynes<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_63227\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63227\" class=\"size-full wp-image-63227\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/agbayani_810_500_75_s_c1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/agbayani_810_500_75_s_c1.jpg 810w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/agbayani_810_500_75_s_c1-300x185.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/agbayani_810_500_75_s_c1-768x474.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-63227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Benigno AgbayaniYouTube screenshot<\/p><\/div>\n<p>QUEZON, Philippines, April 29, 2021 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/\">LifeSiteNews<\/a>) \u2014 A doctor from the Philippines strongly defended the use of ivermectin for preventing and treating COVID-19, pointing to \u201c80 clinical studies\u201d which support his arguments, and alluding to \u201cbias\u201d and conflicts of interest, which have led medical bodies to be reluctant about promoting the drug.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on Philippine\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KqgMQOUwLe4\">television channel\u00a0<\/a>ABS\u2013CBN, Dr. Benigno Agbayani answered a range of questions about the efficacy and safety of the drug, as well as the peculiar reticence to recommend it for treating COVID-19.<\/p>\n<div class=\"art-video-inline\">\n<div class=\"art-video-embed\" data-entry-id=\"215172\" data-entry-urltitle=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KqgMQOUwLe4\" data-event-type=\"Video\" data-event-play=\"Play Article Video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"entryid-215172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KqgMQOUwLe4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Agbayani, the president of Concerned Doctors and Citizens of the Philippines, revealed that since last year, he had spent over five hours a day studying scientific literature on all things pertaining to COVID-19, including the non-effectiveness of lockdowns. \u201cI think I\u2019ve read more than anyone on COVID-19,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>However, Agbayani did not spend long defending his medical credentials, but instead advocated the use of ivermectin by referring to the wealth of scientific studies with which he was by now very familiar. He already prescribed ivermectin to over 300 of his own patients, but despite the success he has experienced so far, Agbayani stated that he looks \u201cat the success rate of studies, rather than my personal experience, because that\u2019s where I base my recommendations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs much as anecdotal [pieces of evidence] are good, and we have many, I really prefer that we stick to the science,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople are trying to scare us from taking ivermectin. It\u2019s one of the safest drugs in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mentioning a study from September 2020, Agbayani stated that ivermectin had been shown to actually block \u201cthe receptor sites of the virus onto our cells, therefore blocking it from ever getting to the cell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have over 26, as of today, randomized control trials showing effectiveness, even as high as 89% for prevention, and as high as 80% for treatment. So I think regardless of what the other groups are doing, you have so much science behind it, I do not see why we have to be so concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ctr-text\">\n<div class=\"subscribe-form-ctr subscribe-form-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some studies mentioned ivermectin in conjunction with accompanying treatments, but Agbayani noted that even with this, it was possible to prove the effectiveness of ivermectin on its own. Pointing to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trialsitenews.com\/the-uks-dr-tess-lawrie-discusses-her-ivermectin-meta-analysis\/\">evidence<\/a>\u00a0found by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/542278970\">Dr. Tess Lawrie<\/a>, Agbayani explained that the drugs accompanying ivermectin in the studies were there, \u201cbut not all the time,\u201d and that they \u201chave already been proven not to work, so if you have two drugs given with ivermectin, and one drug doesn\u2019t work, then you have to conclude that it must be ivermectin,\u201d which produces the result.<\/p>\n<p>He alluded to the peculiar antagonism which has been levied against ivermectin, noting how scepticism regarding studies promoting ivermectin is not mirrored with other drugs: \u201c[T]he same thing can be said of every drug that we tried. Even people who are taking remdesevir, they also try other drugs, and yet you don\u2019t question that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Continuing, he noted that \u201cmost\u201d of the drugs accompanying ivermectin in the trials were \u201cnot even anti-virus [drugs], most of them are supportive of your immune systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are 80 clinical studies [about the use of ivermectin]. If the 80 clinical studies show positive response, and maybe about 2% only showing no response to ivermectin, in clinical studies, of the doses that we give, I think that should be enough proof that it works.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Drawing once more on the scientific data, Agbayani promoted ivermectin both as a prophylactic, and as a treatment once infected with COVID-19. Conclusions drawn from \u201cat least 12 clinical studies,\u201d of which 3 were randomized, controlled trials, revealed \u201can 89% rate of preventing COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Global reluctance regarding ivermectin<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Yet despite this, medical bodies have been consistently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/medical-experts-tout-new-govt-blacklisted-miracle-drug-to-treat-covid\">reluctant<\/a>\u00a0to promote the use of ivermectin, with Big Tech even weighing in and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/youtube-deletes-video-of-senate-hearing-on-covid-treatment-from-senators-channel\">deleting videos<\/a>\u00a0which defended the drug. Thanks to the efforts of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19criticalcare.com\/\">Front Line Covid-19 Critical Care Alliance<\/a>\u00a0(FLCCC), the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/miraculous-ivermectin-approved-for-use-in-the-us-for-the-treatment-of-covid-19\">upgraded their recommendation<\/a>\u00a0for the \u201cmiraculous\u201d drug ivermectin, making it an option for use in treating COVID-19 within the United States, but only since January.<\/p>\n<p>Agbayani suggested two reasons for the global reticence regarding the drug. Dealing first with the NIH, he suggested that \u201cthe NIH, the U.S. I mean, just needs to update their data. I think the last time they gave an update was February. They said it could be useful, it may not be useful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But he also mentioned that there\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/animal-veterinary\/product-safety-information\/faq-covid-19-and-ivermectin-intended-animals\">was<\/a>\u00a0some\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/consumers\/consumer-updates\/why-you-should-not-use-ivermectin-treat-or-prevent-covid-19\">deliberate avoidance<\/a>\u00a0at properly promoting ivermectin, commenting on how the World Health Organization\u2019s March 3 recommendation of the drug did not include preventative use, but \u201conly mentioned treatment and for severe cases. For severe cases and early treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey did not include prophylaxis, because I think they\u2019re afraid to recommend it, that\u2019s why they did not make a comment,\u201d he continued. \u201cIf you look at the way they studied it, they did include so many other studies \u2026 there seems to be a bias in those recommendations and we feel that they do not want to look at certain studies preferentially, and this was observed even before this recent announcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is some kind of bias going on that we\u2019d like to question. This is the time in our history when we should look at conflicts of interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Such a conflict of interest could exist in the vaccine company Merck, Agbayani added, in answer to why the company even\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merck.com\/news\/merck-statement-on-ivermectin-use-during-the-covid-19-pandemic\/\">issued a statement<\/a>\u00a0advising against the use of ivermectin for COVID, despite having developed it some 30 years prior. This was an \u201cexcellent example of conflict of interest,\u201d stated Agbayani.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMerck is coming out with a new drug for the early treatment of COVID-19. How can Merck make money out of ivermectin, if the patents already expired in 1996, so even if it tries that, I don\u2019t think they\u2019ll make money at all, when so many other companies are making ivermectin. So they have to put their mouth on their research expenses on their new drug.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite Merck joining other vaccine companies in pushing out speedily developed new drugs, ivermectin was still being side-lined, although it has been \u201cused for 25 years,\u201d said Agbayani. Even taking a dose, \u201cten times\u201d the NIH daily recommended amount, would \u201chave no [side] effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompare that to other drugs that we are now using that are fairly new, where you are getting so many reports of side effects. So it\u2019s really amazing that people still say it\u2019s an unsafe drug when it\u2019s been used for 25 years, over 3.7 billion doses have been given.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Agbayani is by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/could-early-treatment-of-covid-have-saved-lives\">no means<\/a>\u00a0alone in his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/opinion\/parasite-drug-ivermectin-shows-promise-in-treating-covid\">promotion<\/a>\u00a0of ivermectin for treating and preventing COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Back\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/medical-experts-tout-new-govt-blacklisted-miracle-drug-to-treat-covid\">in December<\/a>, intensive care specialist Dr. Pierre Kory, a founding member of the FLCCC, delivered an impassioned address to the Senate Homeland Security Committee, defending the \u201cmiraculous effectiveness of ivermectin,\u201d and stating that it \u201cbasically obliterates transmission of this virus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt literally destroys the virus in most people within 48 hours,\u201d agreed fellow panelist Dr. Jean-Jacques Rajter, whose peer-reviewed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0012369220348984\">study<\/a>\u00a0found 60% fewer deaths among patients given the drug.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the efficacy of ivermectin with regard to COVID-19 was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/us\/ivermectin-lice-drug-virus\/2020\/04\/08\/id\/962036\/\">already hinted<\/a>\u00a0at in April 2020, when researchers in Australia\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.webmd.com\/lung\/news\/20200407\/parasite-drug-shows-early-promise-against-covid-19\">pointed<\/a>\u00a0to a dramatic effect the drug had on the virus. \u201cWe showed that a single dose of Ivermectin could kill COVID-19 in a petri dish within 48 hours, indicating potent antiviral activity,\u201d stated Dr. David Jans, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Monash University in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Even after just 24 hours, \u201cthere was a really significant reduction\u201d in the virus, added Dr. Kylie Wagstaff, a senior research fellow in biochemistry and molecular biology at Monash University.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/doctor-defends-80-clinical-studies-showing-ivermectin-89-effective-at-preventing-covid\">https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/doctor-defends-80-clinical-studies-showing-ivermectin-89-effective-at-preventing-covid<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctor defends \u201880 clinical studies\u2019 showing ivermectin \u201889% effective\u2019 at preventing COVID<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}