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FACTCHECK: No, Japan has not approved ivermectin as a COVID treatment, and it’s still using the Moderna vaccine
Poynter ^ | 09/15/2021 | Andy Nguyen

Posted on 09/16/2021 9:16:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

In a 30-second video on Instagram, a woman made several inaccurate statements regarding Japan’s response to the pandemic and its use of the Moderna vaccine.

The caption: “Japan says goodbye Moderna, hello ivermectin.”

“It was just a few days ago that the Tokyo chairman of the Medical Association made the recommendation to hospitals and doctors to discontinue using Moderna, and to begin prescribing ivermectin to all COVID patients,” she says.

She cites “tremendous results” in India, Mexico, Argentina and parts of Bangladesh as proof of ivermectin’s effectiveness.

“Honestly, I’m guessing the metal contaminants they found in many of the bottles had something to do with it, too,” the woman says at the end of the video.

This take joined similar claims about Japan’s alleged switch to ivermectin on the internet. The anti-parasitic has gained popularity in recent months, especially in the U.S., as an alternative to the COVID-19 vaccines, even though U.S. health agencies have not approved ivermectin as a coronavirus treatment and have warned against its misuse.

The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. Instagram owns Facebooks. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)

While the chairman of the Tokyo Medical Association, Haruo Ozaki, has recommended the use of ivermectin on COVID-19 patients, neither he nor the organization is associated with the Japanese government.

The group is akin to the American Medical Association in the United States. It can make suggestions, but cannot enact government policies, according to its parent organization, the Japan Medical Association.

Ivermectin is not listed by the Japanese government as an approved medicine to treat COVID-19.

Moderna, on the other hand, remains an approved vaccine in Japan, along with Pfizer and AstraZeneca.

Although there have been studies into the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19 patients, they’re far away from the “tremendous results” cited in the Instagram video.

PolitiFact has previously found many of the studies lacked scientific standing. The studies used small sample sizes and, in one case, had a clear conflict of interest where researchers were linked to a group that lobbied for ivermectin to be used as a treatment

While at least three men in Japan have died several days after receiving a dose of the Moderna vaccine, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has not found a link between the vaccinations and deaths.

The country’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare had to recall more than 1.6 million doses of the vaccine in late August after multiple vials were found contaminated with black particles.

More than 3,700 people were vaccinated using the contaminated vials, but none have reported any health issues, according to the BBC. The three men’s vaccinations were not from the contaminated vials, and their deaths are still under investigation, the Japan Times reported.

Our ruling

An Instagram user claimed Japan has dropped its use of the Moderna vaccine in favor of using ivermectin to treat the coronavirus after two people died following their vaccinations.

The Japanese professional association that recommended ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment has no power to enact policy changes for the country.

There has also been no conclusive evidence linking the Moderna vaccine to the deaths of three Japanese men. While more than 1.6 million doses of the Moderna vaccine were recalled because of contamination issues, Japan continues to administer shots of the Moderna vaccine.

We rate the claim that Japan said “goodbye Moderna, hello ivermectin” Mostly False.

This fact check was originally published by PolitiFact, which is part of the Poynter Institute. It is republished here with permission. See the sources for this fact check here and more of their fact checks here.



TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: covid1984; fakenews; ivermectin; japan; moderna
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To: SeekAndFind

These people keep reciting the same exact propaganda against Ivermectin.

They never point to its use and success against the ChiCom Virus here and around the world.


21 posted on 09/16/2021 9:57:44 AM PDT by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! 👹)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Is that a bad thing”

Yes.

Media studies at any school. Berkeley probably worse than many, but that’s debatable because they’re all bad.

On the other hand if one graduates with adhere from Berkely in physics or chemistry or biochemistry that’s impressive. (But unfortunately doesn’t mean the person has a rational perspective outside of his field).


22 posted on 09/16/2021 10:02:04 AM PDT by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: kiryandil

Couldn’t Politifact find someone with a little understanding of the way science or medicine works? A degree in “media studies”? REALLY?


23 posted on 09/16/2021 10:05:11 AM PDT by dangus
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To: SeekAndFind

had a clear conflict of interest where researchers were linked to a group that lobbied for ivermectin to be used as a treatment...

The Politifact write seems to have no comprehension a COI is only an FCOI or financial conflict of interest. Someone being a study of ivermectin who is lobbying for treatment of covid using ivermectin does not constitute a COI, it constitutes a belief.


24 posted on 09/16/2021 10:07:13 AM PDT by Flick Lives (We may or may not have reached herd immunity, but we've definitely achieved herd stupidity.)
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To: SeekAndFind

You should WARN people and not post radical left wing crap from here.
This is a Commie foundation .

This is the most Radical Left Wing RAG in FL the ST Pete Slimes renamed The Tampa Bay Times Evil Foundation .

The whole foundation are Just Retired NY Slimes retired propagandists .

All lies All the Times .

This Radical FAR Left St Pete family are demonic monsters .

Stop playing games here .


25 posted on 09/16/2021 10:07:37 AM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists are the r)
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To: mewzilla

The old it’s not a bug but a feature!


26 posted on 09/16/2021 10:09:20 AM PDT by xp38
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To: SeekAndFind

Like everything else the term “fact check” means zero as the left rendered it meaningless.


27 posted on 09/16/2021 10:24:26 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: SeekAndFind
Who cares if the Japanese government approved it or not, the medical association there recommended it to the doctors and patients, not the government!

As everyone can see they are using it because ever since they reccommended it Covid cases have fallen off a cliff like every other country that started using it! Note the date timeline of the announcement and compare that to the chart! .<

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28 posted on 09/16/2021 10:24:44 AM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: ifinnegan
The “fact checker” does not show that any statement claimed it was associated with the Japanese government.

These “fact checkers” make stuff up and then “debunk” the made up stuff.

Exactly. Straw man argument.

29 posted on 09/16/2021 10:34:27 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: Karl Spooner

thanks, That chart is very impressive


30 posted on 09/16/2021 11:11:23 AM PDT by mistfree (Fear Destroys Freedom)
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To: ifinnegan

He is the head of the Tokyo Medical Association (6000 members)

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/japanese-medical-chairman-doubles-down-on-ivermectin-support/

Here’s an earlier video but they made it so you have to log in to view it now

Tokyo’s Medical Assoc. Chairman holds live press conference recommending #ivermectin to all doctors, for all Covid patients.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkWOpFk1GGk


31 posted on 09/16/2021 11:19:04 AM PDT by LilFarmer
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To: Maudeen

I personally know of two cases where Ivermectin was prescribed to treat covid with amazing results within 24 hrs of it’s use.


32 posted on 09/16/2021 11:57:38 AM PDT by sarge83
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To: LilFarmer

And is the Tokyo Medical Association their version of the AMA?

Does it speak for all the doctors in the country?

If so, this is -—huge-—


33 posted on 09/16/2021 12:01:02 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000) )
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To: SeekAndFind

Japan had recalled all moderna clot-shots.
not sure about ivermectin.

this posting sounds like propaganda.


34 posted on 09/16/2021 12:51:50 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style )
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To: Karl Spooner

BOOM!


35 posted on 09/16/2021 1:03:24 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style )
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