Inexpensive cure for hep C identified in Germany -- not the US

[Dorn]

This is great news for people infected with hepatitis C which is transmitted by needle sticks, sexual contact, and IV drug use. This article: Inexpensive cure for hep C, describes the 6 week treatment and ends with this zinger of truth:

One can hardly imagine research in the United States that is aimed at curing a disease at a lower cost due to the influence of pharmaceutical companies on research and the FDA. The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that 3.2 million people in the United States have hepatitis C. More than 17,000 people get the disease every year. The large part of the population that is most prone to get hepatitis C does not have health insurance. The cost of treatment with grotesquely expensive drugs falls on the tax payer.

[mopinko]

1. bogus headline. bs article.

the research showed that the usual drugs work in a shorter time frame than what is recommended. but-
"The short-term treatment produced spontaneous remission in 50 percent of the participants in six weeks and 95 percent in twelve weeks."

the usual protocol is 12-24 weeks. since only 50% of those on the 6 week regimen achieved remission, and even at 12 weeks, 5% were not in remission, it sounds to me like the current regimen is needed.

and since when i a remission under treatment
"spontaneous"?