"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
Enabling:Black Triangle asks an important question about the psychology of victimizationbehind some of our more dubious public health problems, such as the MMR vaccine-neurological damage links :
It may be that the attempt to blame a specific cause is psychologically useful for the individuals concerned, since it gives a focus for the frustration and anger that illness brings with it.
Yet, can society afford to pander to this emotional need for recognition, and a causation, when the consequences may be detrimental to public health or future rational policy decisions?
