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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
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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 friendsMessage 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
Hello Dr. Freeman,
Thank you for this solution
. It has a great sounding and should attract a lot of attention for HCV patients (and their relatives/friends). Going further with this pitch, just for the sake of this exercise of creativity, I would think that the following pitch would be attractive for someone which does not work in the medical world nor is an HCV patient:
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
P.S. I tried to add the message to my signature, but it seems there is a count character limit, as I cannot add the full text. So… I have to go now back to think on the slogan
Cheers,
RHF
A key element is converting the doctors to believe in these new medication. That’s what happened also with our dr. Freeman(see his statement “I’ve been converted by these new medication” in the video available on the homepage of Fixhepc.com).
A “converted” doctor has the power to treat hundreds / thousands of patients, while hundred of patients can convert at least one doctor. And so the wheel is spinning….
I would look at the 85% percent doctors mentioned by Woobia and try to identify how many “Freemans” are among them, open to be convertedIn the end, it is not a matter of who is right or wrong, rather a matter of knowledge and information share.
What we as patients (or former patients) can do is to facilitate this information share.
Cheers,
RHF
Hi Cheese
I agree on this
. In an ideal world, treating a patient is in fact a team work patient <-> doctor, where we as patients “know” more than the doctor in terms of what and how we feel, while the doctors knows more than us about the treatment options. In real world however, there are 2 more things to take into account:
– the patient learns something from the doctor and the doctor learns also something from the patient. I see here important that both, the doctor and the patient are open to such learning and do not reject the learning. Sometines it happens that a certain information reaches the patient first. Being open to learn, no matter if one is doctor or not, is an important skill that is to admire and foster and which creates room for new approaches. And informing your doctor and obtaining his/her support for “unofficial” generic medication from India is a new approach (even if in other parts of the world is a known approach)
– teamwork does not always happen …. and this is why most dramas happen. And also here is where one start to hear more about clichees like “acting in patients interest”, “safety first”, etc, as means to justify the lack of action and the preference to stick to the knitting.
And also heartbreaking to see who gives them money….
Does a pharmaceutical company having a GIL…D name sound familiar?
http://www.worldhepatitisalliance.org/en/node/671
