"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
Preparedness Update:The New York Times had a balanced treatment of the smallpox vaccine debate yesterday that's well-worth the read. In a related editorial the Times came out squarely in favor of voluntary pre-attack vaccination:
As long as informed individuals can decide for themselves whether to take the risk, and as long as precautions are in place to minimize secondary transmission, mass vaccination seems a prudent way to protect against a smallpox attack, and possibly even deter it. posted by Sydney on
10/14/2002 07:09:00 AM
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