"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
Immunization Update:The New Republic has picked up on the immunization shortage story. I agree with the author that immunization against infectious diseases like measles and whooping cough is a public health concern that should not be left to the free market. We really should do more as a nation to make sure those vaccinations are available to all children. However, this is not of the same magnitude as the threat of smallpox. Measles and whooping cough are neither as deadly nor as contagious as smallpox. And they aren’t likely to be used as a weapon of mass destruction. The vaccine shortage is not a new development. There has been a shortage of tetanus for over a year now, and the CDC has failed to take any action.. They spend far more time obsessing about lifestyle diseases. The CDC could stand the same level of scrutiny right now that the FBI is getting. posted by Sydney on
6/07/2002 07:33:00 AM
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