“General Abdulatty Kofta (Al Araby, 2021). [quoter’s note: a “kofta” is an Egyptian meatball basically] In February 2014, the general announced that the military had invented a device that could cure both Hepatitis C and H.I.V. The proposed cure was a medical device that could detect and destroy the virus, almost instantly. General Abdulatty stated that he would extract the virus from the patient, and give it back to him as a piece of Kofta, which the patient could eat. Even though there was no scientific evidence to support these claims, the pro-regime media pushed the narrative to new heights (El Dashan, 2014), even after the scientific advisor to the interim President Adly Mansour, Essam Hegy, was extremely critical of the announcement due to its lack of scientific merit (Abdelaziz and Abedine, 2014). The military even announced that the miracle cure would be available in military hospitals and clinics starting from July 2014, only to backtrack a month before that date (Loveluck, 2014). It was later established that General Abdulatty was not a medical professional nor a scientist, and that he was previously sentenced to one month in jail in 2007 for impersonating a doctor and practising without a license (Al Araby, 2021). His connection to the military was also questionable. Abdulatty was granted the rank of honorary general after after the head of the engineering authority became attracted to the general’s ideas, in spite of having no formal affiliation with the military establishment (Armbrust, 2019, p. 229). How Abdulatty was able to convince the military brass to support his bizarre claim to have found a miracle cure remain so a mystery, but it is indicative of the level of prevalent polarisation that a charlatan was able to spin such a ridiculous state-sponsored lie that a large number of Egyptians believed.” Chapter “Genesis”, Page 37” EgyptHivCureHepatitis CModern EgyptEl SisiSnake OilMedical MalpracticeGeneral AbdullatyKofta Book:Egypt under El-Sisi: A Nation on the Edge Source: Egypt under El-Sisi: A Nation on the Edge
“There has been treatment for hepatitis C, but the treatment has not been overwhelmingly effective, number 1. And number 2, it has had considerable toxicity.” Has BeensNumbersTreatmentToxicityNumber 2HepatitisHepatitis C Author:Anthony S. Fauci
“And while all of your friends are grieving at your wake, I hope the sprinkler system turns on and sprays them with AIDS, hepatitis C and liquified genital warts. And while they're all running out and crying, I hope one of them slips and accidentally molests a child.” ChildrenHumorRunningFunnyTurnsCryAidsGrievingSlipsSprayWartsHepatitisHepatitis C Author:Jim Norton
“There are many different causes of the scarring. Viruses are common. Hepatitis B, hepatitis C, what we call autoimmune diseases where the body attacks the liver itself such as primary biliary cirrhosis is an autoimmune disease; sclerosing cholangitis is an autoimmune disease; and so those diseases where the liver is being destroyed by either the virus or an autoimmune disease, it can only scar, and why it doesn't regenerate has to do with the fact that there is this ongoing scar tissue that blocks that regeneration.” DifferentFactsBodyCausesCommonDiseaseBlockDestroyedPrimariesScarOngoingVirusesLiverTissuesRegenerationScar TissueAutoimmune DiseaseHepatitisScarringHepatitis CCirrhosis Author:John Roberts
“I don't want to be defined by being the founder of the Body Shop, and I don't want to be defined as a woman suffering from Hepatitis C. There's more to my life than that.” WantBodySufferingDefinedShopsFoundersHepatitisHepatitis C Author:Anita Roddick
“I grew up in the Southwest Bronx. Father an accountant, mother a schoolteacher. Brother was six years older, which explains why I gobbled crystal meth at 12, smoked hashish at 13, and was shooting smack at 17, which explains how I got Hepatitis C, which was the basis of my first book, which was a humor book about dying.” YearsFirstsBookMotherFatherDyingBrotherGrewSixGrew UpBasesShootingCrystalsAccountantsSmackBronxHashishCrystal MethHepatitisHepatitis C Author:Dave Barry
“Hepatitis C was a devastating disease but because fundamental research was done in hepatitis C, it is now curable. It is now absolutely curable with new medications. So this is transformative.” DoneDiseaseResearchFundamentalsMedicationHepatitisHepatitis C Author:Laurie Glimcher
“When you think of the costs of cancer care, one can imagine that drugs like checkpoint blockers or transfer of these T lymphocytes are actually cost-saving, just as treatments for hepatitis C, while expensive, overall save money by preventing hepatitis and hep - hepatocarcinoma in patients.” ThinkingCareImagineCostDrugPatientCancerSavingExpensiveTreatmentImagine ThatTransfersSaving MoneyPreventingCheckpointsHepatitisHepatitis C Author:Laurie Glimcher
“People don't know this, but I helped the Cardinals win the pennant. I came down with hepatitis. The trainer injected me with it!” PeopleKnowsWinningBaseballTrainersCardinalsHepatitisHepatitis C Author:Bob Uecker
“I love Fear Factor, but I think they're running out of fears. It's only a matter of time before they're sitting around doing shots of Hepatitis C.” ThinkingMatterRunningShotsSittingFactorsSitting AroundFear Of LoveMatter Of TimeHepatitisHepatitis C Author:Dave Attell