Koftagate: Dashed Hopes and Wasted Resources

The nice and patient people at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) invited me to write a piece on the Koftagate scandal. You can read it here or below ↓.


Five months ago, Egypt's Military Engineering Authority announced that by June 30, 2014, they would be able to cure those living with HIV/AIDS and the Hepatitis C virus (HCV). They gave hope to millions of patients; the message was: "Finally we will get …

النصباية الأصلية: فتح علبة جهاز جوفر للبحث عن كرات الجولف -- تحديث: الآن بالفيديو

رسمة لعلبة جهاز جوفر ومحتوياتها
أشتريت من موقع إيباي جهاز عجيب جداً، في رحلتي لفضح جهاز الهيئة الهندسية للكشف عن الفيروسات عرفت ان جهاز جوفر للكشف عن كرات الجولف هو الجهاز الأصلي الّ بعد كده أعاد إبتكاره رجل الأعمال البريطاني النصاب ال باعه للعراق بملايين الدولارات وبعد كده أتحبس واتحكم عليه بعشر سنوات سجن.

C-Fast Simulator

in «Experimental & Humor» by moftasa
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This is a very simple 2D simulator of the C-Fast device. Here I want to show that minor mouse movement are translated by the unstable hinge system into bigger movement. Thus try moving the antenna while looking at your hand, you will notice that it will be hardly moving.

This is an approximation of how the C-Fast virus detection device works. Also a chance for me to play with Processing.js :-)

For more information see …

ATTENTION ALL JOURNALISTS: #KoftaGate Press Conference Tomorrow

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Egyptian Army Engineering Authority (EA) is organising a press conference tomorrow at the Qubba Military Hospital at 10:00am. According to Youm7 and Watan they will announce new information about 'their successes in the treatment of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C' using their newly invented devices.

It is important to remember that there are two devices in the whole #koftagate story:

A: The diagnostic devices: (Fast series) Including C-Fast that allegedly diagnoses Hepatitis C. This …

Time Is Running out: 30 Days till #koftagate — Update

Major General Abdel-Atty and the CCD device

El-Youm El-Sabe3 published an update on the Egyptian military devices that detect and treat Hepatitis C and HIV. Based on a military source the newspaper conveys the following points:

  • 70,000 applied for treatment by email
  • The device treated 1000 patients till now. Including judges, deputy ministers and doctors
  • Treatment started in Abbasseya hospital (not clear which one) and Almaza military hospital. 100% of cases of HIV were cured. 97% of Hepatitis C.
  • Foreign patients …

Watch the First #koftagate Casualty

MIT virologist Islam Hussein Ph.D. made two super detailed videos debunking koftagate. He shared on twitter that the whole story is causing him too much stress. Please watch and share the videos as much as you can

عالم الفيروسات بمعهد ماساتشوستس للتكنولوجيا الدكتور إسلام حسين نشر فيدوهات مُفصلة ترد على الإدعائات الخاصة بجهاز الكشف وعلاج الفيروسات. الدكتور قال لي على تويتر ان الموضوع يعرضه لضغط شديد جدا لعدم قدرته على الوصول للناس لشرح …

التبرير وأجهزة الكشف على المتفجرات والفيروسات

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الصورة من وكالة أنباء أ ف ب.

شرح لي أخ عراقي ان في نقاط التفتيش الأمنية كان منتشر استخدام جهاز الكشف عن المفرقعات الشبيه بجاهز سي-فاست، ولأن الوضع الأمني في العراق منهار فمواطنين كثر بيحتفظوا باشياء مثل اسلحة شخصية ومواد حارقة للمولدات او اشياء اخرى غريبة في سياراتهم لكن ليست مفرقعات، فلو اعتبرنا اريل الجهاز يميل ويختار بشكل عشوائي عدد من السيارات فمن الممكن جدا ان يعثر على تلك الأشياء. وتعتبر بشكل خاطئ دليل على …

Military's Ability to Intimidate Is How Its Virus Detection Device (C-Fast) Works

in «Psychiatry, Psychology, Medicine & Mental Health» by moftasa
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Special thanks to@Sarahcarrfor translating this post

I learnt from Al-Masry Al-Youm and Youm7 that the army is exhibiting its Hepatitis C detection device (C-Fast) at the EgyMedica fair held at the Cairo Conference Centre.

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The Revolution in Diagnosis

The picture Al-Masry Al-Youm posted had written below it that the device detects the Malaria "virus" (Malaria is a parasitic infection and not a virus). I went to town with this on Twitter of course …

Africa has cured AIDS many times before

Mada Masrkindly published this articleearlier. Mada Masr is a brave and informative independent newspaper. Add Mada Masr to your RSS reader or follow theirtwitter account.

The Egyptian military, with their recently announced Complete Cure device, is hardly the first to claim unproven cures for diseases that have ravaged millions of lives. Since the discovery of HIV/AIDS, unproven cures have been advertised and often endorsed by governments all over the world and …