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by subhobroto 2246 days ago
I want people claiming vitamin C and turmeric will cure COVID-19 to have a voice.

Whether that voice has value is an individual decision you and I get to make, on our own.

What data do you have, that proves diferuloylmethane is ineffective in treating COVID-19?

Are you 100% sure that diferuloylmethane cannot be an ingredient in a battery of medicine to help recover from COVID-19?

This is what I know - SARS-COV2 is novel and not even highly trained, world renowned infectious diseases experts know how it behaves and how to treat it.

Not a central authority that removes that choice from both of us leaving us with no choice.

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> I want people claiming vitamin C and turmeric will cure COVID-19 to have a voice.

They're scammers. They're perpetrating a scam. "Giving them a voice" means allowing them to scam others out of money. Why should YouTube be complicit in running a scam?

> "Giving them a voice" means allowing them to scam others out of money.

Perhaps you left out the videos that warn others of said scam.

Don't treat adults like chlidren or, pretty soon, you will have a world full of only children with no adult supervision!

Yes, being an adult means having the freedom to drink alcohol and drive a car instead of waiting for a bus or a parent to come pick me up.

It also means having the responsibilities of making my own decisions instead of waiting for someone else to do it for me.

What's the expectation - that if the decision making authority makes a wrong decision that kills me, I can then blame them and collect damages?

That's crazy talk - for one, I will be dead already!