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Ebola Is Now a Disease We Can Treat

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Re: Ebola Is Now a Disease We Can Treat

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post #5

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which one lol. My browser says its using 243, just incredible.

On Firefox I just had to clear the *.wsj.com cookies and then refresh.

Also on firefox, right click "open in new private window" worked... but I don't think it always does. Maybe something to do with my ip address?

Re: Ebola Is Now a Disease We Can Treat

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post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On Firefox I just had to clear the *.wsj.com cookies and then refresh.

Also on firefox, right click "open in new private window" worked... but I don't think it always does. Maybe something to do with my ip address?

Recently some sites are using HTML5 client-side storage for their paywalls, not just cookies. Forget Me for Chrome seems to get them all, though. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/forget-me-clean-hi...

Re: Ebola Is Now a Disease We Can Treat

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Please don't post unsubstantive comments here.

The paywall issue has been discussed extensively. If there's a workaround, it's ok. Users usually post workarounds in the threads.

This is in the FAQ at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html and there's more explanation here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989

https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...

Re: Ebola Is Now a Disease We Can Treat

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Clever strategy

Dr. Muyembe set out on his path to an Ebola treatment during the 1995 outbreak. He transferred blood from five survivors to eight patients, hoping that the antibodies that kept some people alive would keep others from dying. Seven of the patients who received the blood transfusion recovered.

Re: Ebola Is Now a Disease We Can Treat

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post #16

Clever strategy Dr. Muyembe set out on his path to an Ebola treatment during the 1995 outbreak. He transferred blood from five survivors to eight patients, hoping that the antibodies that kept some people alive would keep others from dying. Seven of the patients who received the blood transfusion recovered.

It's the first thing I'd try... because I've seen it done in movies.

Re: Ebola Is Now a Disease We Can Treat

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post #16

Clever strategy Dr. Muyembe set out on his path to an Ebola treatment during the 1995 outbreak. He transferred blood from five survivors to eight patients, hoping that the antibodies that kept some people alive would keep others from dying. Seven of the patients who received the blood transfusion recovered.

I wonder what an Ethics Review Board would have to say about this...

Re: Ebola Is Now a Disease We Can Treat

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post #16

Clever strategy Dr. Muyembe set out on his path to an Ebola treatment during the 1995 outbreak. He transferred blood from five survivors to eight patients, hoping that the antibodies that kept some people alive would keep others from dying. Seven of the patients who received the blood transfusion recovered.

I wonder what an Ethics Review Board would have to say about this...

Well lets see? It had a 90% death rate as a disease I would gladly give, receive or beg for it for myself or my child.
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