Professor gives Australian Senate Committee “powerful reasons” to establish royal commission into response to covid

On Thursday, Professor Ian Brighthope testified at the Australian Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee.  He gave “powerful reasons” why a royal commission should be established: why safe and effective treatments such as vitamin C, D, Zinc, ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine were not used to treat covid.

Other powerful reasons Prof. Brighthope listed were “coercion to vaccinate … lack of informed consent, the attacks on doctors and healthcare workers who spoke out, the very high levels of vaccination injuries and deaths, and in particular, the vaccine-induced deaths of Australian children.”

Professor Ian Brighthope is a retired medical practitioner with over 40 years of experience in natural and integrative medicine.  He is currently a director at the National Institute of Integrative Medicine

In Australia, royal commissions are independent public inquiries of the highest form on matters of public importance. They have broad powers to gather information including the power to summon witnesses and the power to request people or organisations to produce documents as evidence.

For a virus with a fatality rate of no worse than the flu, Prof. Brighthope said, “My colleagues and I immediately recommended the routine supplementation of vitamin C, D and the mineral Zinc for maximising the functionality of the immune system.”

Prof. Brighthope wrote to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the health minister, the chief medical officer, and the presidents of the Australian Medical Association (“AMA”) and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (“RACGP”) on numerous occasions “to recommend that all doctors ensure that they tested and treated their patients for vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency.”

“We also recommended the proven repurposed medicines hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin for early treatment,” he said.

“However, after many letters to the authorities, publications in the media and Zoom meetings with various ministers, my calls for prevention and early treatment were not acted upon.

“Had a proper C, D, Zinc campaign with known, safe and effective repurposed medicines been established, the Australian population would have achieved natural herd immunity safely, the most powerful and long-lasting protection achievable.”

Transcript

My name is Ian Ernest Brighthope. I graduated in medicine and surgery from Monash University in 1974. In 1982, I co-founded the Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine. I remained as president for the next 26 years. The college has continued to train medical practitioners in nutritional and environmental medicine to fellowship standard for the past 39 years.  I’m currently the Director of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine at the National Institute of Integrative Medicine.

Senator, a virus that had an infection fatality rate no worse than a severe influenza season was announced to the world in late 2019. My colleagues and I immediately recommended the routine supplementation of vitamins C [and] D and the mineral Zinc for maximising the functionality of the immune system.

When the prime minister of the time announced that it was a pandemic, a press release detailing the importance of going into an epidemic with a population optimised with these nutrients was distributed. I also wrote to the prime minister, the health minister, the chief medical officer, the presidents of the AMA and the RACGP and other authorities on numerous occasions to recommend that all doctors ensure that they tested and treated their patients for vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency, the most powerful protective mechanism we have.

Studies have shown that vitamin D prevents coronavirus infections, prevents the complications and prevents death from viruses that cause severe acute respiratory infections. Vitamin D has been successfully used in covid.

Also, Zinc is a known antiviral and essential for the optimal production of antibodies and T-cells. It has been successfully used in covid with, of course, good scientific evidence.

The final nutrient, vitamin C, is an anti-viral and immune stimulant and the most powerful antioxidant for severely ill patients. It is used intravenously to prevent clinical deterioration, reduce hospitalisation rates, treat complications in hospitalised patients and wean patients off ventilators, thus reducing hospital stays.

We also recommended the proven repurposed medicines hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin for early treatment.

However, these were not applied in Australia. However, after many letters to the authorities, publications in the media and Zoom meetings with various ministers, my calls for prevention and early treatment were not acted upon. Had a proper C, D, Zinc campaign with known, safe and effective repurposed medicines been established, the Australian population would have achieved natural herd immunity safely, the most powerful and long-lasting protection achievable. Instead, the authorities panicked, created chaos and fear and damaged the very essence of our society and culture.

Other serious issues are the coercion to vaccinate, which continues to date, lack of informed consent, the attacks on doctors and healthcare workers who spoke out, the very high levels of vaccination injuries and deaths, and in particular, the vaccine-induced deaths of Australian children. All powerful reasons for a broad-based royal commission.

Thank you, Senator.

Further resources:

• The International Alliance Covid-19 Treatment Study, NIIM
• Ried K, BinJemain T, Sali A (November 25, 2021). Therapies to Prevent Progression of COVID-19, Including Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin, Zinc, and Vitamin D3 With or Without Intravenous Vitamin C: An International, Multicenter, Randomized Trial. Cureus 13(11): e19902.  doi:10.7759/cureus.19902
• The Zelenko Protocol: Derwand R, Scholz M, Zelenko V: COVID-19 outpatients: early risk-stratified treatment with zinc plus low-dose hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin: a retrospective case series study. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2020, 56:106214. 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.106214
• COVID-19 early treatment: real-time analysis of 1,289+ studies https://c19early.com/  or https://c19study.com
• HCQ for COVID-19 – a meta-analysis of 360+ studies https://hcqmeta.com/
• Brighthope Ian, Sali Avni, Ried Karin: Vitamin-D and COVID-19: time for the profession to take a stand. AIMED Jan 2021, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33520645/