ROMAN BALMAKOV
It seems like the messaging that’s coming down to us, the American citizens, from our federal government resembles the world of George Orwell’s 1984 more and more.
Case in point: over on the FDA’s website, they maintain a page called: “Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19”
However, when you dig into it, you’ll find that the clinical trials that the FDA points to (the ones that are listed on that page) say the exact opposite.
As ridiculous as it sounds: the FDA claims that ivermectin does not work against COVID-19, but to prove that point, they link to studies that say that it does.
🔵 Our Analysis:
🔵 89 Study Repository:
🔵 FDA Recommendation:
Let’s take a closer look at The Epoch Times’ bold claim, as explained by Facts Matter host Roman Balmakov.
On the FDA’s website post titled, “Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19,” they wrote, “Currently available data do not show ivermectin is effective against COVID-19. Clinical trials assessing ivermectin tablets for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 in people are ongoing.”
Take note of that hyperlink, which takes you to a repository of 89 different studies. The repository lists the status of each of those studies, such as “recruiting”, “completed”, “terminated”, or “unknown”.
The Epoch Times went in and filtered that database in order to look only at the studies that have been completed and that have their results available online.
What the news site found was study after study indicating a positive outcome with the use of ivermectin, the exact opposite of what the FDA asserted to be true.
• Of the 89 studies, the ones marked as “completed” narrowed the results down to 32.
• Half of the studies (16) indicate that ivermectin effectively combats and/or prevents COVID-19.
• Another six of the studies presented mixed results, meaning that ivermectin might work against COVID.
• And then there were ten studies that found no evidence that ivermectin was effective.
This all means, in practical terms, that when you examine the completed trials to which the FDA linked, you discover that 69% of them concluded that ivermectin is or may be effective against COVID-19.