"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
More West Nile: Specialists are perplexed that West Nile virus has spread to Texas and Louisiana. Do they think that birds and mosquitoes don't travel? I'm sure as it spreads among the bird and mosquito populations, it will slowly spread across the nation. But, keep in mind, the risk to people is still very small:
Less than 1 percent of those infected develop severe illness; of these, less than 1 percent die. Most cases cause slight flulike symptoms, but the risk increases for the elderly. Two-thirds of the 161 cases and 18 fatalities since 1999 involved seniors. posted by Sydney on
8/02/2002 06:54:00 AM
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