Very interesting, M.H. I might bring it up with my GP just in case.

Thanks, Doctor.

That makes sense. I’m not overly concerned, especially as the stats for SVR12 are so well established, but out of curiosity, I might request some LFTs the next time I see my GP. This is a long-term process, so a little more information can’t hurt, especially if it is quick and not too draining on the public purse.

Interesting. Do you have any links?

You should give the Gilead “love” you have a rest, at least on this forum. Everyone else here despises those greedy bastards.

Thanks but no thanks. For one, I haven’t mentioned any love here, but have rather spent a few posts pointing out the hypocrisy of taking a one-sided position of hate against a company who has benefited so many commentators on this forum. The sanctimonious chest beating is sickening to watch as its complete lack of self insight and rationality mirrors very closely that of more serious hate-inciting organisations that are better left unnamed.

Second, not everyone else here despises “those greedy bastards”. Plenty others here understand that the real arguments are much more complex than your kindergarten constructions, and that words such as “despise” have no place in these discussions. It is certainly not me that needs to take a rest.

Interesting you should mention your finger joints. I’ve done the DAA course and am SVR and in general, I feel as lousy as I have always felt over the last twenty or so years even though my tests all look much better.

The only thing that has noticeably improved is that my knuckles now bend and no longer hurt. I can form fists once more and am beginning to pick up the guitar again, which had become impossible some years ago.

So I share your happy surprise of finding my hands freeing up for playing music.

What she was saying amounted to blackmail, pure and simple. [/quote]

No, it doesn’t. She was outlining a business position. Interestingly a business position that has allowed many people on this site to get better by buying drugs that Gilead has made cheaply available in certain countries.

Please don’t let your desire to be angry at something cloud your reason concerning the medication that is benefiting so many people (if they have more than two brain cells in their heads and a sense of adventure.) She is not responsible for the business environment created by the governments that have been democratically elected.

That is not any form of rebuttal – it is the response of a hysterical child attempting to derail an argument with hyperbole.

The commies used to do a similar thing when criticised on specific human rights issues. They would simply say that the US was in no position to comment because they once had slavery, which is a pitiful quality of argument that has nothing to do with the issue at hand.

But to be fair, emotional outbursts and convulsive fits can win arguments, but not in an honourable way, especially when they are accompanied by fantasies or threats of violence as demonstrated by a recent poster.

If I were of a more delicate nature, I’d be reporting one of you to the moderators, but I’m pretty sure that once the bawling has stopped, it will be bedtime and the noise will quieten down, so I’ll put such drastic responses aside until they are really necessary.

Thanks for revising your comments.

In any case, an interesting video, except that the narrator describes HCV as being “highly contagious”, which unfortunately is completely wrong. Her misrepresentation of this point severely undermines the credibility of the rest of her story, which is a shame, as she had the chance to educate the public rather than spread misinformation.

Two points – having an accent or American heritage does not exclude you from being British.
– Even if she were an American, there is such a thing called freedom of labour movement.

For you, it is unacceptable that an American or a person of that heritage can work in Britain? That it follows that the world is therefore corrupt?

Thank you for so definitively demonstrating what reflexive bigotry looks like. Well done.