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Comment There exists such a drug already (Score 0) 203

by zenray (#61501892) Attached to: A Pill To Treat Covid-19? The US Is Betting on It

Its named Ivermectin. Check out the data about it on www.flccc.net. That's the Front Line Covid-19 Critical Care Alliance. Actual Doctors treating real Covid-19 patents. They have several drugs in different protocols for Doctors to use. The problem is Ivermectin is a very inexpensive generic drug. Nobody is going to get rich making it. It had full FDA approval 40 years ago when it was brought it to market. It's been used over 3 billion times world wide over 40 years with what is only described as mild side effects that resolve in a few days. It won the Nobel prize in Medicine for its discovery. A study in the UK determined it was a safe drug to use for children as long as they mass more than 15 kilos. This is the only drug I know that the dose is dependent on your body mass.

Comment Re: Not stealing, homage (Score 1) 157

by zenray (#59656548) Attached to: Did America Steal Its Space Force Logo From 'Star Trek'?

At this point in time the Coast Guard is actually part of the DOT. It becomes attached to the Navy in times of declared war. I think WW2 was the last actual declared war by Congress. Cost Guard people go through Navy boot camp but then go on to guard the coast or whatever. I was Navy, my brother was Coast Guard.

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Social Networks

Meg Whitman Campaign Shows How Not To Use Twitter 147

Posted by samzenpus from the type-slower dept.
tsamsoniw writes "California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's campaign team attempted to share with her Twitter followers an endorsement from a police association. Unfortunately, the campaign press secretary entered an incorrect or incomplete Bit.ly URL in the Tweet, which took clickers to a YouTube video featuring a bespectacled, long-haired Japanese man in a tutu and leggings rocking out on a bass guitar. And for whatever reason, the Tweet, which went out on the 18th, has remained active through today."
Medicine

Possible Treatment For Ebola 157

Posted by samzenpus from the there's-a-pill-for-that dept.
RedEaredSlider writes "Researchers at the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases have found a class of drugs that could provide treatment for Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic fever. The new drugs are called 'antisense' compounds, and they allow the immune system to attack the viruses before they can do enough damage to kill the patient. Travis Warren, research scientist at USAMRIID, said while the work is still preliminary -— the drugs have been tested only on primates — the results are so far promising. In the case of Ebola, five of eight monkeys infected with the virus lived, and with Marburg, all survived. The drugs were developed as part of a program to deal with possible bioterrorist threats, in partnership with AVI Biopharma."
Software

Ubuntu Replaces F-Spot With Shotwell 361

Posted by timothy from the such-pretty-pictures dept.
climenole writes "Finally! The much discussed F-Spot vs. Shotwell battle is over. The new default image organizer app for Ubuntu Maverick 10.10 is going to be Shotwell. This is a much-needed change; F-Spot was simply not enough. Most of the times when I tried F-Spot, it just keeps crashing on me. Shotwell on the other hand feels a lot more solid and is better integrated with the GNOME desktop. Shotwell is also completely devoid of Mono."
Image

TSA Worker Jailed In Body Scan Rage Incident 352

Posted by samzenpus from the checking-out-your-package dept.
A TSA worker in Miami was arrested for aggravated battery after he attacked a co-worker for making fun of the size of his genitals. Rolando Negrin walked through one of the new body scanners during a recent training session and a supervisor started making fun of his manhood. From the article: "According to the police report, Negrin confronted one of his co-workers in an employee parking lot, where he hit him with a police baton on the arm and back."
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Man Sues Neighbor Claiming Wi-Fi Made Him Sick 574

Posted by samzenpus from the bad-waves dept.
OrangeMonkey11 writes "A Santa Fe man who claims to suffer from 'electromagnetic sensitivities' has sued his neighbor after she refused to stop using wireless devices. 59-year-old Arthur Firstenberg claims his sensitivity can be set off by cellphones, routers and other electronic devices. From the article: 'Firstenberg, 59, wanted Raphaela Monribot to limit her use of the devices. "I asked her to work with me," he said. "Basically, she refused." So he sued Monribot in state district court, seeking $530,000 in damages and an injunction to force her to turn off the electronics. "Being the target of this lawsuit has affected me very adversely," Monribot said Friday in response to e-mailed questions. "I feel as if my life and liberty are under attack for no valid reason, and it has forced me to have to defend my very basic human rights."'"

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