Igor's Newsletter 2/18/2022
CNN says study shows Ivermectin does not work -- but it shows that it DOESCame across this tweet from a bluecheck CNN anchor:
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I was so sad to hear that Ivermectin is not effective, so I decided to give the study a closer look.
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The study had a 241 person study group who received 0.4 mg/kg Ivermectin for 5 days, which is the FLCCC recommended dose. (my wife got 0.3 mg/kg). It also had a 249 person control group who received the standard of care. (and no ivermectin)
The patients were at-risk persons with comorbidities, most likely to get sick or die.
Design, Setting, and Participants The Ivermectin Treatment Efficacy in COVID-19 High-Risk Patients (I-TECH) study was an open-label randomized clinical trial conducted at 20 public hospitals and a COVID-19 quarantine center in Malaysia between May 31 and October 25, 2021. Within the first week of patients’ symptom onset, the study enrolled patients 50 years and older with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19, comorbidities, and mild to moderate disease.
Interventions Patients were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive either oral ivermectin, 0.4 mg/kg body weight daily for 5 days, plus standard of care (n = 241) or standard of care alone (n = 249). The standard of care consisted of symptomatic therapy and monitoring for signs of early deterioration based on clinical findings, laboratory test results, and chest imaging.
To my utter shock, the study actually showed that Ivermectin DID work:
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So, the study showed that , for Ivermectin vs control group:
• 4 vs 10 were placed on mechanical ventilation
• 3 vs 10 died (so 3 Ivermectin patients died, vs 10 without Ivermectin).
For those versed in statistics, the “statistical significance” of these differences (P) was 0.19 and 0.09. It does not get under the standard of P <= 0.05, so the difference can be called “not statistically significant”. But it IS significant to us, and the P values are high because the study was underpowered.
Clearly Ivermectin showed positive effect, 3 vs 10 deaths is a huge benefit. The study likely saved about 7 lives by giving Ivermectin to 241 persons.
More:
https://igorchudov.substack.com/p/cnn-vs-ivermectin?utm_source=url