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Comment Re:I see a pattern (Score 1) 245

Slashdot seems to have a real stake in HCQ failing, they keep posting all these articles against it and keep mentioning Trump.

All of these trials and articles showing HCQ isn't effective just uses HCQ on it's own. We've known for months that alone it's not very effective. It's the combination of HCQ, Azithromycin, and Zinc that seems to do the trick.

Comment Sensationalized Headline (Score 3, Informative) 213

This study was to actually determine the safety of high dosage cloroquine vs low dosages of cloroquine, not whether it's effective at treating SARS-CoV-2.

The high dosage group receives 600mg CQ twice daily (1200mg), vs the low dosage group which received 450mg twice daily (900mg).

Both are higher dosages, and a higher risk drug, than the two studies out of France which showed that hydroxycloroquine with azithromycin showed promise. The French studies administered HCQ 200mg three tiimes daily (600mg), plus 500mg AZ on day one then 200mg each day after.

Comment My scientist says it did... (Score 4, Interesting) 411

Yeah well, my scientist says it did. My Nobel prize for medicine winning, HIV discovering scientist:

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pourquoidocteur.fr...

I mean really, is it that much of a stretch to think that a bat originated coronavirus leaked from a lab that we know has been studying them for at least 10 years since they've published scientific papers on them as early as 2010? A lab that just happens to be in the same town where the virus originated from? A town that has the only BSL4 lab in all of south east asia? A lab that had posted job opportunities in December for researching a newly discovered highly infectious virus?

Or did it come from a wet market.... which never sold any bats.

Comment Re:In the end, a stupid debate... (Score 1) 411

> Why does anyone care where it came from?

To prevent this shit from happening again. If the Chinese are too irresponsible to have a BSL4 lab (and the history seems to indicate they are since this is not the only virus to leak from one of their labs) then they shouldn't have one.

Comment Re:4383 people per day (Score 1) 61

Since a month ago, 2130 people have died of the coronavirus disease, almost all in China.

These are only the numbers the CCP are releasing. Wuhan itself, not to mention other cities and regions now, is a city of more than 11 million people and it is in severe lockdown, as in nobody is allowed to leave their homes. How many more people are dead in their apartments that nobody has checked on? How do we know the numbers being released are accurate?

Comment Re:Easy fix (Score 1) 165

You literally quoted the law, but you didn't read it.

"and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed."

This doesn't mean you can't lie just about being authorized, it literally means you can't lie about being authorized to act on behalf of the owner of a copyright that is being infringed. You have to know the content is yours or you're committing perjury because you're not the owner of an exclusive right that is being infringed.

1. You can't lie about who authorized you.
2. You can't lie about being the copyright owner.
Therefore:
3. You can't lie about the content, as then you would be lying about being the copyright owner.

Comment Re:Easy fix (Score 1) 165

The only false claim that is perjury is if they knowingly don't have the copyright over the work they claim.

Not true, the notice has to be in good faith and with reasonable belief that their copyright is being infringed. The entire notice is sent under penalty of perjury that all information in it is true and accurate.

I would say this fails these tests as they obviously either didn't know what the content was, or lied.

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