Population-wide Observational Study in Brazil: Prophylactic Use of Ivermectin Reduces COVID-19 Mortality, Hospitalization & Infection

Lucy Kerr, a Brazilian physician, participated in an Ivermectin summit hosted by TrialSite. Kerr and four other medical researchers, two affiliated with Brazilian academic medical centers and one from a Cuban biotech institute were involved in the study of the efficacy of the generic, regulatory approved antiparasitic drug in three different municipalities in Brazil covered by TrialSite back in September 2020. Most recently, Dr. Kerr and colleagues posted the results of a citywide prevention program using ivermectin, implemented in Itajai in the south of Brazil. The prospective, observational study analyzed citywide COVID-19 data between July 2020 to December 2002. The study logistics of instructional review board approval and registry data analysis occurred retrospectively due to the urgent pandemic conditions at the time.

TrialSite emphasizes this research hasn’t been peer-reviewed yet and shouldn’t be cited as medical evidence. This media platform focuses on medical research and these results require further verification. The study data derives from a public health program in response to COVID-19 in the municipality of Itajai in Santa Catarina, Brazil. This city has nearly 285,000 residents.

The Study

As reported in the group’s manuscript posted on ResearchGate, the Brazilian observational retrospective study centered on population-level data associated with the Brazilian municipality’s public health program. A total of 220,517 subjects were included in the analysis including:

Group%133,051 regular ivermectin users60.3%87,466 non-ivermectin users39.7%

Study Hypothesis

Did ivermectin have a positive impact on subsequent COVID-19 infection and mortality rates?

Results

Setting up various categories for analysis, the study team compared ivermectin use with nonuse based on several cohorts (e.g., age, sex, comorbidities, etc.) while both employing, in some cases, patient propensity score matching or “PSM,” a statistical matching technique that attempts to estimate the effect of a treatment or other intervention by accounting for the covariates that predict receiving the treatment. This method is used in a bid to reduce bias in observational studies associated with confounding variables that are present in results.

The study team reports in what is still non-reviewed data the following:

  • Out of two study cohorts of 3,034 COVID-19 infected patients, the regular use of ivermectin led to a 68% reduction in COVID-19 mortality 25 (0.8%) versus 79 (2.6%) among ivermectin non-users—mortality rates were analyzed both with and without PSM. The reported risk ratio (RR) equaled 0.32; 95% confidence interval, 0.20-0.49; p < 0.0001.

  • Adjusting for residual variables, Kerr and team report a mortality reduction at 79% (RR, 0.30; 95%CI 0.19 – 0.46; p < 0.0001).

  • A 56% reduction in hospitalization rate (44 versus 99 hospitalizations among ivermectin users and non-users respectively—RR, 0.44; 95% CI, 0.31-0.63; p < 0.0001).

  • Adjusting for residual variable s they reported a reduction in hospitalization at 67% (RR, 0.33; 95%CI 023 – 0.66; p < 0.0001 ).

Conclusion

Dr. Kerr and colleagues report that based on their data, the large, propensity-matched study verifies that regular use of ivermectin as a prophylactic agent was associated with a significant reduction in COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and mortality rates.

Limitation

This study isn’t yet peer-reviewed, and hence, shouldn’t be used to cite medicinal evidence. Moreover, observational studies done retrospectively carry less weight than randomized, controlled studies. 

Comment

TrialSite notes that over 70 ivermectin studies have been concluded around the world, with a great majority of them evidencing some positive impact. In the West, (e.g., North America, Europe, Australia, etc.) medical establishments have discounted the numerous ivermectin studies and focused more on a couple of the studies that either generated neutral findings or in one case had what looked to be improper data manipulation. 

It’s astounding, however, that the positive data is uniformly discounted as not relevant.

Lead Research/Investigator

UK Petition to Government to Investigate Heart Attacks Associated with COVID-19 Vaccines

Recently, a TrialSite correspondent in the United Kingdom (UK) pointed out a petition to the UK Government and Parliament with a growing number of signatures—presently over 55,000 and growing. According to the website, “The [UK] Government has commissioned a public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic and has no plans for a separate inquiry on vaccine safety.” Apparently, this previous clause was important for them to qualify that the vaccines, including safety, is the job of the UK Medicines Healthcare and Regulatory products Agency (MHRA). The UK Government has a duty to ensure that the populations of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are safe from prescribed drugs, or even more importantly, nationally mandated vaccines are safe.

This recent petition was just posted, and the petition count grows as this article was prepared. According to a person associated with the petition that wished to remain anonymous, if the number hit 100,000 it would require parliamentary debate. But they have already responded, and the TrialSite contact reports there is a concern the petition would be taken offline.

Members of the public are concerned about a spike in heart attacks since the rollout of the national COVID-19 vaccine program. The petitioners seek the government to implement an immediate and full scientific investigation to establish any potential link to the vaccines.

While the UK Government continues that MHRA only authorizes vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines, based on “rigorous review of their safety, quality, and efficacy”…they go on to emphasize that based on the COVID-19 clinical trials programs, that the vaccines “have shown them to be effective and acceptably safe.” Importantly, the UK government notes “however, as part of its statutory functions, the MHRA continually monitors the use of the vaccines to ensure their benefits continue to outweigh any risks.”

They go on to emphasize, of course, this is the regulatory responsibility, but the UK Government and Parliament are intertwined with the mass UK vaccination program in a myriad of ways.

Ongoing Monitoring in UK

For drug or vaccine safety issues the MHRA manages a monitoring strategy, that is “continuous, proactive, and based on a wide range of information sources.” The government website proclaims this includes a “dedicated team of scientists reviewing information daily to look for safety issues or unexpected events.”

The Yellow Card System

In the UK, the drug regulators manage a system called the Yellow Card scheme, used to collect information on suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) to medicines and vaccines. This was intentionally set up to monitor these medicines and drugs because from time to time such products can produce ADRs. See the Yellow Card website. 

Summary of Issues

According to the UK Government from the start of the pandemic to December 15, 2021, the MHRA has analyzed the following:

Vaccine Product# ADRs# Doses Administered% IncidencePfizer/BioNTech145,44646,400,0000.313%AstraZeneca240,06550,000,0000.480%Moderna24,7212,800,0000.883

What are the primary complaints?

As seen above, the incidences while never good, are still relatively rare. The vast majority of such ADRs are mild in nature and go away within days (e.g., soreness of arm, generalized flu-like symptoms, and the like), and the UK Government declares that the overwhelming numbers in the population last only a short while at most.

However, there are known concerns of risk such as myocarditis and pericarditis. For these cardiovascular-related health issues, the UK Government reports the following numbers:

Vaccine ProductIncidence of Myocarditis and PericarditisPfizer/BioNTech12 per million doses; 8 per million dosesAstraZeneca4 per million doses; 4 per million dosesModerna42 per million doses; 24 per million doses

With 1,889  deaths reported in the Yellow Card Fact Check, organizations are quick to point out that systems such as the Yellow Card are self-reported and cannot necessarily equate to a causal event based on the jab. However, the whole point of the Yellow Card system is to protect people, and consumers—not companies. So, if there is a spike in health-related issues and deaths then they must be thoroughly investigated to ensure the integrity of mission-critical regulatory systems such as MHRA.

TrialSite lists below updated deaths in the Yellow Card system.

Vaccine ProductDeathsPfizer-BioNTech666AstraZeneca1,164Moderna23Unspecified36

Boosters kill faster?

When 2021 commenced, this blogger literally took screenshots of people’s “I got my first shot,” “second dose completed,” etc. posts on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Every few days, we’d follow-up. There were far more deaths and maiming than we had the resources to cover. That same trend is happening now with boosters.

There are literally thousands of “I got my booster” posts on Twitter and Instagram every day, with many recipients expressing immediate buyer’s remorse.

We’ve now covered five booster shot deaths. Granted that is a very low sample size, and the average age of the victims is around 55. But the average length of time from booster injection to death is eight days when Mr. Tejada is included.

Meanwhile all those California college students who received two injections just to attend school this past fall are now stuck in an endless cycle of experimental injections. Both the California State University and University of California systems announced booster mandates for faculty and students returning for the spring 2022 semester. The schools are using the Omicron narrative to justify the mandates. Several of said schools are also starting the spring semester remotely, completely defeating the purpose of the first two injections all students and staff received.

This blogger predicts that by the end of 2022, booster shot #5 will be the norm. And the billions of people worldwide who played along with this COVID-19 dystopian agenda essentially have no choice but to continue receiving the shots. Congratulations to everyone who has stood their ground and remain a pure human being. It’s simply foolish to give in now and enter the injection matrix. If you’ve made it this far, then you’re doing something right.

Stay vigilant and protect your friends and loved ones.

Carlos Tejada: 49-year-old Wall Street Journal and New York Times writer posts booster shot photo on Instagram, dead hours later

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — A 49-year-old international reporter is dead, in a cut-and-dried story that spotlights mainstream media loyalty to big pharma.

Mr. Carlos Tejada was the deputy Asia editor for the New York Times. He worked for the Wall Street Journal as China news editor prior to that. In other words he was firmly entrenched as a mainstream media voice. Unfortunately that also means he was beholden to Pfizer, Moderna, masks, etc. It looks like that loyalty cost him his life.

As an international reporter who frequently traveled, Mr. Tejada had to choose between quitting his job or receiving experimental mRNA or viral vector DNA injections. He chose the latter. Mr. Tejada posted an Instagram photo on July 5 holding a vaccine card while someone injected him. He captioned the photo with a bunch of mainstream media regurgitated talking points. But the entire post is summed up here:

“And our privilege gives us access to vaccines, like the J&J jab Nora and I got just this morning. I’m thankful for the scientists and the medical professionals who defended us against Covid, and for being able to protect my family.”

He and his wife received the formerly “one and done” Johnson & Johnson viral vector DNA injection that day in Wichita, Kansas. Mr. Tejada apparently suffered no immediate adverse effects from the injection, or he simply did not publicly talk about it. And then came the booster.

Very sudden death and aftermath

Mr. Tejada posted his final Instagram update on December 17. He received a Moderna mRNA injection for his booster shot, mixing it with the J&J adenovirus vector. Granted all of the injections are equally lethal. But we’re slowly collecting data that show very unfavorable outcomes when you mix brands.

Mr. Tejada captioned the photo with a quip about Omicron. His booster injection also continued a very disturbing global trend. He received the injection at Myeongdong (Catholic) Cathedral in Seoul.

RELATED: Matthew 6:24 – thousands of U.S. Christian churches are serving the wrong god by facilitating mRNA and viral vector DNA injections (December 14, 2021)

 In perhaps the ultimate vaxx loyalty act, Mr. Tejada filled out paperwork that he couldn’t even read since it was written in Korean.

Mr. Tejada’s wife, Nora, logged into his Twitter account at 12:58 a.m. on December 18. “Carlos passed away last night of a heart attack,” she wrote. He died just hours after the injection.

The New York Times, Mr. Tejada’s former employer, wrote about his death on December 22. Of course said story completely omitted the fact that Mr. Tejada had a heart attack and died just hours after the Moderna “booster” injection. It was a golden opportunity for a real journalist at the newspaper to write about the undeniable cardiac issues associated with mRNA injections after losing one of their own. But the New York Times and all other mainstream media might as well admit that they are owned and operated by Pfizer, Moderna, et al.

RELATED: Revelation 2021? High-profile soccer figures, players (“footballers”) forcing conversation after three more soccer players collapse in three days (November 27, 2021)

 Mr. Tejada did his fair share of free advertising for big pharma and the overall dystopian COVID-19 agenda in the course of his work duties.

A GoFundMe page for Mr. Tejada’s family has already reached its $200,000 goal in four days. It is the largest GoFundMe we’ve covered on this blog in a year. Since Mr. Tejada was a journalist who failed in his duties to tell truth, and the GoFundMe has already reached its goal, we won’t be linking it here.

Mr. Tejada is survived by his wife and two children.

Ian Matos: 32-year-old Olympic diver dead 19 weeks after COVID-19 “vaccine,” likely antibody dependent enhancement

RIO DE JANEIRO — A 32-year-old Brazilian competitive diver is dead, as near-term antibody dependent enhancement (ADE) deaths and maimings continue claiming lives across the globe.

Mr. Ian Matos, full name Ian Carlos Gonçalves de Matos, received one of the experimental COVID-19 “vaccines” on August 4, according to his Instagram page. “Moment of pure joy” is the caption translation.

It’s unclear which injection he received or if it was the first or second (or third) injection. AstraZeneca and Sinovac are the two most common injections in Brazil as of July, according to The Brazilian Report. But the government suspended use of 12 million Sinovac injections in September due to the shots being manufactured in an unauthorized plant.

Mr. Matos typically posted something on Instagram once or twice a week through September 2021. But his last Instagram post came on September 30. He posted only three more times on Facebook after September 30, a platform which he also engaged once or twice a week prior to that.

Unfortunate truth and death

Mr. Matos checked into a hospital sometime in late October. He developed some sort of throat infection that eventually spread to his lungs and stomach. He’d been in the hospital ever since. Mr. Matos’ condition worsened on Wednesday, to the point that doctors could do nothing else for him. He passed away on December 22. No further details are available.

The 2016 Summer Olympics were the pinnacle of Mr. Matos’ athletic career. He and diving partner Luiz Outerelo finished eighth out of eight teams in the men’s synchronized three-meter springboard event. Mr. Matos also won three bronze medals at the 2010 South American Games in Medellin, Colombia. But Mr. Matos was mostly known for “coming out” as homosexual in 2014.

Nearly every news report about his death focuses on homosexuality. The SB Nation headline reads, “Gay Olympic Diving Star Ian Matos Is Dead at 32.” Half of the New York Post article announcing his death is about homosexuality. Thus it would be completely disingenuous for this blogger not to point out the obvious.

RELATED: Richard Rowe: 41-year-old former Florida congressional candidate tells anti-vaxxers “I don’t give a sh*t what happens to you,” dead seven weeks after second Pfizer mRNA injection (November 4, 2021)

 

We’ve referenced the survey by the pro-homosexual Human Rights Campaign (HRC) several times. It found that 92% of U.S. LGBT people have received at least one injection. It’s safe to surmise that this rate is consistent across the globe with this group. We’ve also documented the disturbing pattern of LGBT people being the worst (or best depending on your viewpoint) vaxx zealots and virtue signalers.

RELATED: Jason Maurer: 45-year-old Ohio bartender tells world “shut up and get your vaccine,” dead five weeks after second Moderna mRNA shot (June 22, 2021)

 

Mr. Matos wasn’t near as bad as the others covered herein. But he had his moments. Note in the second post, the translation should read 500,000 deaths, not 500.

There’s no word on funeral arrangements as of publishing.

Maurilio Ribeiro: 28-year-old Brazilian singer suffers stroke on stage, dead six weeks after second Pfizer mRNA injection

GOIANIA, BRAZIL — A popular 28-year-old singer is dead in textbook post-injection fashion, as we’ve seen on this blog numerous times.

Mr. Maurilio Ribeiro is one half of the Brazilian music duo Luiza & Maurilio. Luiza Santos is the other half. They rose to fame in 2015 after gaining a large social media following. Luiza & Maurilio are perhaps best known for a 2019 song entitled “S de Saudade part Zé Neto e Cristiano.” It has 386 million Youtube views as of publishing.

The group has 439,000 followers on Facebook. Mr. Ribeiro has 352,000 followers on his personal Instagram page.

Injections and death

Mr. Ribeiro received his first Pfizer mRNA injection on August 17, according to his Instagram page. He posted a photo of his “vaccine card” with the caption, “First dose of hope for better days! I turned half alligator.” It’s unclear what exactly the second sentence means. Mr. Ribeiro suffered no apparent adverse effects from the injection.

He received his second Pfizer mRNA injection on November 17, a full three months after the first one. The Centers for Disease Control says the two injections should be done within 3-4 weeks of one another. Mr. Ribeiro posted a photo of himself receiving the injection with the caption, “I’m messed up but I’m immunized! Second dose is in the arm! GET VACCINATED!!! Vaccines save lives.”

Luiza & Maurilio were recording an appearance on a DVD called “Não é o Fim do Mundo” by Zé Felipe and Miguel on December 14. Mr. Ribeiro reportedly developed chest pains and had difficulty breathing while performing. At least one mainstream media outlet reported that Mr. Ribeiro had a stroke and collapsed on stage. He was admitted to a Goiania hospital the next day and never left.

RELATED: Isabelli Borges Valentim: 16-year-old Brazilian girl develops blood clots, dead eight days after first Pfizer mRNA injection (September 23, 2021)

 Doctors diagnosed Mr. Ribeiro with a thromboembolism – a blood clot that breaks free from a blood vessel in the legs and blocks a blood vessel in another part of the body, usually the lungs or heart. His family posted an Instagram update on Christmas Day that attempted striking a positive tone.

“They took this photo of Maurílio recently and he had commented that he would use it to post tonight. Thank you @odanielzao for submitting and reminding us of this! And we, as a family, are here honoring this and taking the opportunity to leave this post as a space to wish him good energy and an excellent recovery, for him to read when he wakes up! A Merry Christmas to everyone, may Jesus bless your lives, just as He is blessing Maurilio every day!”

Death of Dr. Dimitri Ndina

ABC-affiliate WKRN in Nashville published a story on Thursday entitled, “COVID-19 takes life of longtime Nashville doctor, family says.” Dr. Dimitri Ndina was a pharmacist at Tennessee Oncology. He received his first dose of Pfizer mRNA sometime in the first week of December, his 19-year-old daughter, Alexa Ndina, told WKRN. Dr. Ndina, 57, fell extremely ill a few days after the shot. He was admitted to Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown on December 7.

Alexis told WKRN reporter Allie Lynch that her father “started to clot in his lower region…from his legs and started to work up.” She almost verbatim described a thromboembolism, a common adverse/deadly reaction from the mRNA injections. But reporter Lynch failed to follow-up on this information and allowed the fallacious “death by COVID-19” narrative to continue unabated. Alexis is unwilling or psychologically incapable of connecting the very obvious dots between the Pfizer injection and her father’s death.

Dr. Ndina spent the last two weeks of his life in a hospital before passing away on December 20, less than three weeks after the Pfizer injection. Granted everyone grieves differently. But the video version of the story shows an eerily jovial (and masked) Alexis as she describes the death of her father.

Alexis’ final message about her father is perhaps the most obtuse, tone deaf statement we’ve ever written on this blog.

“To continue his legacy I want everyone to stay proactive in being healthy because that’s what he would have wanted.”

There is a GoFundMe page collecting funds for the Ndina family. However we won’t be linking it here. Dr. Ndina is also survived by his wife and one other adult child.