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发帖数: 3656 | 1 WSJ：youtube, twitter, Vimeo censored the company researching UV therapy
against covid-19.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-experimental-ultraviolet-light-treatment-for
-covid-19-takes-political-heat-11588005938?mod=hp_opin_pos_2
An Experimental Ultraviolet Light Treatment for Covid-19 Takes Political
Heat
Trump’s musings prompt social-media censorship of information about an
experimental treatment.
By Josh Disbrow
April 27, 2020 12:45 pm ET
I ran an obscure pharmaceutical company until a few days ago. Then we got
famous. Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, Aytu BioScience made a commitment to
find ways to help. One of those ways came through our newly formed
relationship with a prominent Los Angeles hospital.
On April 20 we put out a press release titled “Aytu BioScience Signs
Exclusive Global License with Cedars-Sinai for Potential Coronavirus
Treatment.” The treatment is called Healight, and it was developed by
research physicians at the hospital’s Medically Associated Science and
Technology Program. The technology, which has been in development since 2016
, uses ultraviolet light as an antimicrobial and is a promising potential
treatment for Covid-19.
Aytu and Cedars-Sinai have engaged with the Food and Drug Administration to
pursue a rapid path to human use through an Emergency Use Authorization. But
hardly anyone noticed—until Thursday, when President Trump mused, “. . .
supposing you brought the light inside the body . . .”
My team and I knew the president’s comments could trigger a backlash
against the idea of UV light as a treatment, which might hinder our ability
to get the word out. We decided to create a YouTube account, upload a video
animation we had created, and tweet it out. It received some 50,000 views in
24 hours.
Then YouTube took it down. So did Vimeo. Twitter suspended our account. The
narrative changed from whether UV light can be used to treat Covid-19 to “
Aytu is being censored.”
These days, politics seems to dictate that if one party says, “The sky is
blue,” the other party is obligated to reply, “No, it’s not, and you’re
a terrible human being for thinking that.” That leaves no room for science,
in which the data speak for themselves, regardless of ideology, and only
when they’re ready. Unfortunately, the visceral excitement of political
conflict draws far more clicks and better ratings than the methodical world
of science.
Technologies like Healight, which if borne out through clinical studies may
represent a viable way to kill coronaviruses, aren’t provided the clear-
headed consideration they deserve but are instead flushed into the political
mosh-pit of “us vs. them.”
Twitter, YouTube and Vimeo are under enormous pressure from political
activists. They also need to ensure that information on their platforms is
safe and accurate. That’s exactly why Aytu decided to post videos and tweet
about Healight.
We at Aytu BioScience are confident that treatments for Covid-19 will be
found. We hope we can help. But above all we hope science will ultimately
speak louder than politics.
There is still much work to do on Healight—much to study, and much to
verify. But I can assure you that, should the FDA approve this technology to
treat Covid-19 or other infections, no physician will check a patient’s
party affiliation before beginning treatment.
Mr. Disbrow is CEO of Aytu BioScience Inc. |
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