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Presentation
of petition by Bill Welsh of Action Against Autism to the Scottish Parliament
- calling on "the Parliament to urge the Executive to inform all relevant
health care professionals involved in childhood vaccination programmes in
Scotland that parents can opt for the mercury-free vaccine Infanrix for the
immunisation of children against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis."
Ohio Guardsman refuses anthrax vaccination - The Cleveland Plain Dealer -
"An Ohio National Guard member whose unit is scheduled for deployment in January
is refusing to be vaccinated against anthrax and could wind up in jail."
Four Children in Colorado Die From Flu - AP via Yahoo! - "'We had child
deaths last year, but not this many and not this close together," Calonge said,
adding that he did not know whether the children who died had been vaccinated."
Comment: Is there
something about this flu virus that is making it more dangerous or has something
happened to make children more vulnerable to the flu?
Wisconsin Mercury Sourcebook
- A Guide To Help Your Community Identify and Reduce Releases of Elemental
Mercury - EPA
Alta. unveils plan for next influenza pandemic -
www.ctv.ca - "The Alberta government has issued a dire health warning about
the flu. They say when the next pandemic hits, it will make last spring's SARS
outbreak look like 'the sniffles.'"
China concern over Sars drugs - A group of experts in China is investigating
the side-effects of medication for the Sars virus, after reports that many
recovered patients have been suffering bone degeneration. - BBC
2001 E. coli outbreak linked to sawdust in air -
At least 19 people who had gone to a county fair in Ohio in 2001 fell ill with E. coli
after the bacteria apparently spread through sawdust in the air at an exhibition
hall -- the first time researchers have connected an outbreak to a contaminated
building. AP via CNN
Building a bug from scratch - Scientists report quick
progress in synthetic-organism quest - The Houston Chronicle - "Scientists
have announced significant progress toward creating an artificial organism that
one day may have uses ranging from pollution control to clean energy
production."
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"A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth."
-- Albert Einstein, letter to a friend, 1901
"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."
-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to William C. Jarvis, September 28, 1820
"What's the point of vaccination if it doesn't protect you from the unvaccinated?"
-- Sandy Gottstein
"Who gets to decide what the greater good is and how many will be sacrificed to it?"