# Proposal: Global Topic Ban on Promoting Unproven COVID-19 Treatments

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-global-topic-ban-on-promoting-unproven-covid-19-treatments/851976>\
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**Created:** [April 17, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-global-topic-ban-on-promoting-unproven-covid-19-treatments/851976 "2020-04-17T12:21:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-global-topic-ban-on-promoting-unproven-covid-19-treatments/851976/21 "2020-04-17T17:45:48Z")

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Part of what makes the Dope the Dope is that this sort of nonsense gets dealt with quickly, by the community at large. We don’t need topic bans.

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**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-global-topic-ban-on-promoting-unproven-covid-19-treatments/851976/22 "2020-04-17T18:26:23Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> I don’t see where that is “promoting unproven treatments.”

No, it’s not. But the problem is basically the same. A youtube video as a cite in Great Debates?

Why not “links to authentic scientific and medical studies rather than Youtube videos”  
as you said.

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-global-topic-ban-on-promoting-unproven-covid-19-treatments/851976/23 "2020-04-18T00:35:21Z")

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Why not Get your own thread?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-global-topic-ban-on-promoting-unproven-covid-19-treatments/851976/24 "2020-04-18T00:44:53Z")

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> [@D\_Anconia](#):
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> No, it’s not. But the problem is basically the same. A youtube video as a cite in Great Debates?
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> Why not “links to authentic scientific and medical studies rather than Youtube videos”  
> as you said.

The fact that it’s a Youtube video blinds you to evaluating the information being presented and the qualifications of the presenter?

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**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-global-topic-ban-on-promoting-unproven-covid-19-treatments/851976/25 "2020-04-18T01:03:06Z")

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> [@Isosleepy](#):
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> Part of what makes the Dope the Dope is that this sort of nonsense gets dealt with quickly, by the community at large. We don’t need topic bans.

I agree with the above and would add that I would not be aware of much of the nonsense without places like this. It is absolutely helpful to hear about unproven theories prior to encountering them in the flesh.

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