Thanks to a long time reader who turned me on to the videos I am going to review in this post. The Youtube channel is Bong Hermosa and from the looks of it his channel is about "How to Earn Your Millions the Quick and Easy Way."
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Though this channel has existed since October 2007 it only has 389,905 views. 369,000 of those views are from a very recent video:
With it's bad English, robotic narration, silly sound effects, and over the top surprised faces this video is absolutely hilarious!
But what is this antiviral injection composed of?
A medicine that cures various ailments and acts as either an anti-viral or an anti-venom based solely on the ratio of elements in the mixture?
Exactly. It's totally unbelievable. The narrator goes on to say:
One need not be a doctor to know this whole video is bunk. Three ingredients mixed at different ratios are not going to cure snake bites, dengue, HIV/AIDS, or COVID-19. Snake venom is not a virus and not all viruses operate in the same manner. Not to mention there is no known cure for HIV/AIDS which makes Fabunan's claims rather dubious.
Will there be a vaccine for the coronavirus? COVID-19 does not absorb into cells which is why finding a vaccine looks hopeless at this point.
According to Dr. Willie Fabunan who has clinic in Olongapo City and San Marcelino Zambales Philippines, that his antiviral injection can cure, the novel corona virus.
Dr. Willie Fabunan said that this antiviral injection, is also a medicine that he is using for HIV/AIDS positive patients.
A lot of his HIV positive patients were healed using this anti-viral injection.
He invented the medicine for novel coronavirus 30 years ago.He invented the medicine for the novel coronavirus 30 years ago!!?? You mean a cure for HIV/AIDS was discovered right here in the Philippines 30 years ago??
But what is this antiviral injection composed of?
"It is composed of procaine, dexamethasone, and glucosteroid."Glucosteroid is an anti-inflammatory, procaine is a painkiller that works similarly as cocaine at high enough doses, and dexamethasone is used in treating breathing disorders. The narrator goes on to tell us that this cocktail has been used by Dr. Fabunan to treat some of his COVID-19 positive patients and that the ingredients to make this antiviral injection are readily available over the counter. This antiviral injection can be used to treat many ailments. The trick is mixing it just right.
The Fabunan family of doctors have for years now been treating patients with dengue, chikungunya, dog bite, snake bites, and even HIV/AIDS with their anti-viral injection. According to Dr. Willie Fabunan, his anti-viral injection is a combination of drugs anyone can buy from drug stores over-the-counter.
“We just change the ratio of these combination drugs in treating various ailments,” Fabunan said in stressing the safety of the drug combo.
https://manilastandard.net/mobile/article/320553
Exactly. It's totally unbelievable. The narrator goes on to say:
The president of the Republic of the Philippines is very much eager and his trying his best effort to find the cure for COVID-19. As the present update about the medicine for COVID-19, President Rodrigo Duterte is now arranging the medical authorities to test the effectiveness of the Fabuana antiviral injection for novel corona virus. The FDA visited the Fabuanan medical clinic as inspection, for the application of license to operate, to use the antiviral injection for novel corona virus treatment. The FDA is trying their best to do the processing or the approval for the said anti-virus. The Fabunans are trying their best to submit all the necessary requirements for the approval from FDA and Department of Health. If the antiviral injection by the Fabunans would be approved by the Department of Health and by the Food and Drugs Administration, we will have the medicine for novel corona virus that is made in the Philippines.At this point in the video there is the sound effect of a large crowd cheering which drowns out the narrator and will make your ears bleed if you are wearing headphones. Then we have this:
One need not be a doctor to know this whole video is bunk. Three ingredients mixed at different ratios are not going to cure snake bites, dengue, HIV/AIDS, or COVID-19. Snake venom is not a virus and not all viruses operate in the same manner. Not to mention there is no known cure for HIV/AIDS which makes Fabunan's claims rather dubious.
Will there be a vaccine for the coronavirus? COVID-19 does not absorb into cells which is why finding a vaccine looks hopeless at this point.
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| https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/coronavirus-vaccine-never-developed-warns-21890093 |
“Coronavirus doesn’t get into you, it stays on the surface cells in your lungs," he added. "All these flu viruses get into you, so the body can fight and makes T cells.
“This virus doesn’t kill the cells, it makes them sick. At the moment we don’t know how to make a coronavirus vaccine work. That’s why there are 100 vaccines under testing using every conceivable approach.
“We don’t know if any of them will work.”But a cocktail that acts as both an antivenom and an antiviral will surely cure COVID-19. It's total nonsense and Fabunan has not even submitted any papers to the FDA as of April 14th.
As of April 15, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Philippines has not yet approved the Fabunan Antiviral Injection. It is not included in FDA's list of registered drugs.
In a text message to Rappler on April 14, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire also said there is “no CPR (product registration) application submitted to FDA” in relation to the said antiviral injection.
In an earlier statement on April 8, the FDA warned the public against the use of drugs or vaccines that are not yet certified to treat COVID-19, particularly the Fabunan Antiviral Injection and PRODEX B.
https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/fact-check/257981-philippines-developed-coronavirus-cure-already-approvedPerhaps this photo posted on the Fabunan Antiviral Injection Facebook page on April 18th is a product registration application?
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PRODEX B is also being touted as a possible cure but the FDA has warned the public against it. PRODEX B is not so different from the Fabunan antiviral injection. Only one ingredient has been changed. It is composed of procaine, dexamethasone, and vitamin B instead of glucosteroid. The Manila Times ran an opinion piece touting the alleged benefits of this drug.
Despite the outlandish claims made by the promoters of PRODEX B it remains unapproved by the FDA and has no proven benefits.
On to the next video which was actually posted a few days before the one just discussed.
The potentially good news, however, is that we may have our own remedy right here in the country, reportedly curing patients with Covid-19 symptoms in Subic.
If and when proven safe and effective in clinical trials now being sought — a gigantic if, since actual testing has yet to be set — the antiviral drug Prodex-B, combining the anesthetic procaine, the steroid dexamethasone and Vitamin B, could bring speedy recovery not only to Covid-19 patients, but to locked-down economies.
The procaine-dexamethasone formulation has already cured a broad spectrum of deadly viral illnesses, as doctors and researchers attest: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), several dengue strains, chikungunya, leptospirosis and influenza — which is similar to Covid-19. Since our own outbreak, the remedy has been given by injection to patients with coronavirus symptoms, including one tested positive, with total success.
So, said physicians at the drug’s proponent, Health For Life Clinic (HFL) in Subic. Patients showed improvement in as little as half a day and full recovery in 24 to 48 hours. HFL medical personnel have also been injected as a prophylactic or preventive measure — a potential boon to frontliners. No HFL staff have shown signs of Covid-19 despite exposure to patients with symptoms.
(Disclosure: The writer is not a physician and cannot endorse any drug. He is part of a team formed by Covid-19 cure pioneer online advocate Ruby Ann Kagaoan to arrange clinical trials with the Department of Science and Technology [DoST] and its Philippine Council for Health Research and Development [PCHRD], which contacted the Philippine College of Physicians. Her team also requested East Avenue Medical Center [EAMC], the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health [ASMPH], the De La Salle University [DLSU] Health and Sciences Institute, the University of Santo Tomas [UST] Hospital and Medical School, local governments, the military, and the police.)
https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/04/16/opinion/columnists/mr-president-the-antibody-we-need-may-be-here/714416/Another miracle concoction which claims to cure AIDS, the flu, and dengue. Wow! How are Filipinos so smart and no one wants to recognize their efforts? How is the Manila Times so careless as to run this opinion piece about a drug which the FDA recommends against?
Despite the outlandish claims made by the promoters of PRODEX B it remains unapproved by the FDA and has no proven benefits.
Manufacturers and vendors of unlicensed products such as PRODEX B and the Fabunan Antiviral Injections have been informed regarding the process and requirements to register their products with the FDA Center for Drug Regulation and Research (CDRR). No applications for product registration have been filed to date. Until such products are proven safe and effective for use in the treatment of COVID-19 they cannot be dispensed to the public nor can therapeutic claims be made.
https://ww2.fda.gov.ph/attachments/article/669350/Press%20Statement%2018%20April%202020.pdfIf PRODEX B and the Fabunan antiviral injection are everything their creators claim them to be then why have there been no trials? No peer review? No approval by the FDA? Why hasn't Duterte awarded them the P10 million prize for discovering a vaccine and cure?
On to the next video which was actually posted a few days before the one just discussed.
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This short video lists a few home made cures for COVID-19. According to this video, "In the absence of medical solutions, people are turning into home made cure for corona virus.
I don't want to spoil the video so I will just show you my favorite claim and cure.
The coronavirus can be seen as a "Pepper deficient Syndrome" and eating pepper soup can offer protection.
Rather than eating pepper soup I think it would be better to follow the advice given towards the end of this video which is seek medical attention with professionals because there is no cure for COVID-19.
Funny how this video says there is no "specific medicine recommended to prevent or treat the COVID 19" and yet a few days later this channel posted a video boasting about a cure being invented 30 years ago!
It's all a lot of fake news and the worst of it is all the positivity and gullibility in the comment sections of these videos. From The God Culture to Healing Galing to fake COVID-19 cures it seems Filipinos are willing to believe anything.
I don't want to spoil the video so I will just show you my favorite claim and cure.
The coronavirus can be seen as a "Pepper deficient Syndrome" and eating pepper soup can offer protection.
Rather than eating pepper soup I think it would be better to follow the advice given towards the end of this video which is seek medical attention with professionals because there is no cure for COVID-19.
Funny how this video says there is no "specific medicine recommended to prevent or treat the COVID 19" and yet a few days later this channel posted a video boasting about a cure being invented 30 years ago!
It's all a lot of fake news and the worst of it is all the positivity and gullibility in the comment sections of these videos. From The God Culture to Healing Galing to fake COVID-19 cures it seems Filipinos are willing to believe anything.
I posted a link under Bongs video from the Philippine DOH saying there was no vaccine. Oddly enough the link and comment were deleted, imagine my shock. Interesting that only positive comments and questions are allowed up on Bongs video. Comments/questions calling into the validity of the claims are deleted in a heartbeat. Pinoy pride at work.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why they would delete comments about the validity of the cure. Surely they would want to claim the P10 million reward from Duterte?? I am looking forward to hearing about this miracle cure injection of procaine, dexamethasone, and glucoseteroid on CNN!
DeleteNot only P10 million from Duterte. But if he invented a drug that cures HIV/AIDS that alone would be a Nobel Prize right there.
DeleteHere is the link I posted: https://www.doh.gov.ph/doh-press-release/NO-CURE-YET-FOR-COVID-19%3B-DOH-PROGRAMS-ON%20-MMUNIZATION-AND-TB-MEDICINE-REMAIN-AVAILABLE-DESPITE-PANDEMIC
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