Sharp Reductions in COVID-19 Case Fatalities and Excess Deaths in Peru in Close Time Conjunction, State-By-State, with Ivermectin Treatments
Chamie-Quintero et al.,
Sharp Reductions in COVID-19 Case Fatalities and Excess Deaths in Peru in Close Time Conjunction,..,
Preprint, doi:10.2139/ssrn.3765018 (Preprint)
Analysis of ivermectin usage within states in Peru showing sharp reductions in COVID-19 deaths corresponding to the usage of ivermectin treatment.
Chamie-Quintero et al., 21 Jan 2021, preprint, 3 authors.
Abstract: Sharp reductions in COVID-19 case fatalities and excess deaths in Peru
in close time conjunction, state-by-state, with ivermectin treatments
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Juan J. Chamie-Quintero,a Jennifer A. Hibberd,b David E Scheim c
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Figure 1: Graphical Abstract. A) Excess all-cause deaths; B) COVID-19 case fatalities; and C) case incidence data for
eight states in Peru that deployed mass ivermectin (IVM) treatments early in their pandemic spread (blue) and for
Lima, which deployed IVM treatment four months later (red). D) Excess deaths for nine states having mass IVM
distributions in a short period through national operation “MOT” (see results section for sources). ● MOT start date;
▲peak deaths; ■ day of peak deaths + 30 days. Junin (yellow) distributed IVM to health centers beginning on July
22, 13 days before MOT start. Population-weighted mean deaths for these nine states dropped sharply, -74% at +30
days, beginning (except for Junin) 1 to 11 days after MOT start. All y values are 7-day moving averages, ages ≥ 60.
Abstract
On May 8, 2020, Peru’s Ministry of Health approved ivermectin (IVM) for the treatment of COVID-19. A
drug of Nobel Prize-honored distinction, IVM has been safely distributed in 3.7 billion doses worldwide
since 1987. It has exhibited major, statistically significant reductions in case mortality and severity in 11
clinical trials for COVID-19, three with randomized controls. The indicated biological mechanism of IVM
is the same as that of antiviral antibodies generated by vaccines—binding to SARS-CoV-2 viral spike
protein, blocking viral attachment to host cells.
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Mass distributions of IVM for COVID-19 treatments, inpatient and outpatient, were conducted in
different timeframes with local autonomy in the 25 states (departamentos) of Peru. These treatments were
conducted early in the pandemic’s first wave in 24 states, in some cases beginning even a few weeks before
the May 8 national authorization, but delayed four months in Lima. Analysis was performed using
Peruvian public health data for all-cause deaths and for COVID-19 case fatalities, as independently tracked
for ages 60 and above. These daily figures were retrieved and analyzed by state. Case incidence data were
Juan J. Chamie-Quintero (email: jchamieq@eafit.edu.co ) is a data analyst in Cambridge, MA, USA.
Jennifer A. Hibberd, DDS, MRCDC (email: drjenniferhibberd@gmail.com) is a specialist dental surgeon at
William Osler Health System and Trillium Health Partners Hospital Centres and an instructor at University of
Toronto.
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David E. Scheim, PhD (email: dscheim@alum.mit.edu) is a commissioned officer in the US Public Health Service,
inactive reserve.
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not analyzed due to variations in testing methods and other confounding factors. These clinical data
associated with IVM treatments beginning in different time periods, April through August 2020, in each
of 25 Peruvian states, spanning an area equivalent to that from Denmark to Italy and Greece in Europe or
north to south along the US, with a total population of 33 million, provided a rich source for analysis.
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For the 24 states with early IVM treatment (and Lima), excess deaths dropped 59% (25%) at +30 days and
75% (25%) at +45 days after day of peak deaths. Case fatalities likewise dropped sharply in all states but
Lima, yet six indices of..
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