in the last couple of days, in a separate thread, there was a discussion about e-mail signatures and slogans.
So far we collected 2 pitches that might be used as e-mail signatures by whoever wishes to support this action:

Message 1 (@dr. Freeman: thank you for the message as well as for the tips )
Don’t become a Hepatitis C statistic. Get treated with affordable generic medication and rediscover what it feels like to be well again. Generic medications are identical copies of effective medicines, but carry a far lower price tag. In a world where half of all HIV patients take generics, why is it that less than 1% of the 180 million HCV patients worldwide been able to access the new miracle cures? Imagine how good you will feel to be free of Hep C. Google for “generic hep c medication” to find the facts. Sharing this post could save someone’s life, so please help spread the word and share this with your friends

Message 2
500.000 people unnecessarily die every year because of HCV. The cure exists as branded and generic medicines and the worldwide mass treatment of HCV patients is the key for making the world free of Hepatitis C! Generic medications are identical copies of effective medicines, but carry a far lower price tag. In a world where half of all HIV patients take generics, why is it that less than 1% of the 180 million HCV patients worldwide been able to access the new miracle cures? Imagine a world free of HCV and with millions of lives being saved. Google for “generic hep c medication” to find the facts. Sharing this post could save someone’s life, so please help spread the word and share this with your friends

YOUTUBE videos with subtitles in your native language

Adding a subtitle in your own native language to a youtube video and having it published on youtube in your country increases the chances that one of your compatriots will see it.

There are now quite many videos on Youtube talking about generics for HCV. Many are available in English, so you may chose one that you consider relevant.

Couple of tips:
– check the video’s licensing terms
– you may add a subtitle by using the caption option from Youtube or embed the subtitle in the video (the free tool Windows Movie Maker is very easy to learn and use).
– you need an youtube account
– usually, the work to embed the subtitle for 1 minute video requires about 10-15 minutes, depending on your language skills and ability to type. So for a 10 minutes video you will work about 2-3 hours.
– on youtube you may add additional information about the video material and its content, but make sure you are not exagerating nor posting info that are against Youtube rules (false info, discrimination, etc) as it might lead to the video being removed (possibly also other consequences for breaching the rules).

Advantage: videos are very convincing, so you need to make sure that the translation is of a good quality

Disadvantage: the videos are not so much visualized ( like the news from an online website) but hey, if at least one single person will use the information from the video in finding the way to get treated from HCV, you may still call it a BIG WIN.

Cheers,
RHF

An idea inspired while watching the olympic games in Rio 2016 and the RESPECT badge that the referees wear during football games:
– in many cities worldwide there exist different open competitions, like swimming x km, running x km for a certain cause where normal people are invited to participate.

– what if the people who join/participate would be asked whether they would agree to wear a sticker like “generic HCV drugs = a cheap ticket to life. By wearing this sticker you might save the life of an HCV patient”. When asked about their agreement, the participants could receive a 1 printed page containing the EASL press release from this year.

I would tend to believe that people doing sport regularly would be willing to do something good for the humankind.

I try to imagine how nice would it be to see such a movement in many cities around the world.

Well, that’s just an idea, but perhaps it may trigger better ideas..

Cheers,
RHF

Hi Tina,

Haha, yeap, that might really work quite impressively .

I am trying to imagine how challenging it would be to place a translated subtitle on the video :d.

How can this guy be contacted .

Cheers,
RHF