"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
Smallpox Update: Surgeon General Carmona, government bioterrorism consultant D.A. Henderson, and CDC head Julie Gerberding are getting vaccinated against smallpox to help persuade reluctant healthcare providers that this really is a necessary precaution. That's good. I've been worried about Dr. Gerberding since reading a statement in which she called obesity more of a threat than bioterrorism. Meanwhile, the anti-viral drug cidofovir is showing promise in mice for the treatment of cowpox, which could make it a useful tool in treating complications of the smallpox vaccine. posted by Sydney on
3/12/2003 08:31:00 AM
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