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Daily News 2012-11-01
Thu, 11/01/2012 - 12:03pm — admin
EU Flu Vaccine Bans Still Unreported – Medics Sick After Vaccine Refuse More WANTED BY THE FEDS: Poul Thorsen, Who Helped Pull Off CDC Vaccine Autism Heist - Age of Autism Vaccinations are the key to control of TB Pfizer sales weak on vaccine, emerging markets slump Mumps outbreak traced to face-to-face schooling: study Glaxo Sued For Antitrust In 340B Program by Ed Silverman - Pharmalot Scientists developing meth vaccine How An Antibody Found In Monkeys Could Help Make An Ebola Vaccine Pneumonia vaccination: In Sindh, 5m infants to be immunised Global Routine Vaccination Coverage, 2011 Mumps Exposure in Yeshivas Trumped Vaccine To Stem Mumps Outbreak, Doctors Try An Extra Vaccination 3 big reasons kids need flu vaccinations A newsmaker you should know: Pharmacist says vaccines are vital in fighting disease Encephalitis vaccine deemed safe; no link found to deaths BMJ wants Roche to release Tamiflu trial data Standards For Medical Guidelines Are Still Lacking Evaluation of 11 Commercially Available Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Tests — United States, 2011–2012 Cases of whooping cough on the rise in North Dakota
The release states that as of Oct. 30, there were 179 cases of pertussis reported in North Dakota, with seven of those cases requiring hospitalization. Pertussis is a contagious disease that lasts for many weeks or months and can cause severe coughing ...
See all stories on this topic » Voters can get vaccinated Friday
Two shots — one for flu, the other a combination for tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis — will be offered. “Adults tend to take care of their children's vaccines before they take care of their own, ” said Vivian Flores, immunization program manager at ...
See all stories on this topic » Health department recommends flu, pertussis vaccinations
LANSING – The Michigan Department of Community Health, Michigan Osteopathic Association and Michigan State Medical Society are urging all Michigan residents to get vaccinated against pertussis, also known as whooping cough, and influenza to protect ...
See all stories on this topic » Health department call after pertussis confirmation?
Hi! We have been fighting pertussis in our household. Our two year old has tested positive (we wanted to know for sure so we could treat the entire family before the twins arrive.) We have 7 children and I'm pregnant with twins. Our first two children ...
See all stories on this topic » Campus conflicts drive move for better behavior through civility campaigns ...
From the University of Missouri to Penn State and Vanderbilt, colleges across the country are treating the erosion of common decency as a public health epidemic on par with measles outbreaks and sexually transmitted diseases. "What we're trying to do ...
See all stories on this topic » Prepping for flu season
The Centers for Disease Control recommend annual flu vaccinations to protect from three possible strains of influenza. Lyons said ... Because the viruses used in the spray are live, individuals must be between 2 and 49 years old to get the vaccine this ...
See all stories on this topic » Mumps outbreak traced to face-to-face schooling: study
The outbreak, detailed in the New England Journal of Medicine, indicates how close, repeated contact with an infected person can overwhelm the mumps vaccine, the researchers said. "The risk of infection with mumps may be higher when the exposure dose ...
See all stories on this topic » CDC releases report on worldwide influenza projects
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released an annual report on Monday profiling a variety of CDC influenza-related projects from around the world, including epidemiology training, vaccine effectiveness studies and flu surveillance.
See all stories on this topic » Flu shot? No thanks, say many Americans
Everyone who is “at least 6 months of age,” with few exceptions, the Centers for Disease Control urges. Yet the actual immunization rate for adults hovers around 40 percent each year. In September we looked at comments about the flu vaccine on the ...
See all stories on this topic » Storm unearths very old skeletons in New Haven park
Assistant Police Chief Archie Generoso said, after consulting with the scientists, the bones likely date from the late 1700s, the Independent says, pointing to a theory that the bones were of victims of a smallpox epidemic between 1775-82. "We will ...
See all stories on this topic » MTS, telecom partner for polio campaign
Sistema Shyam TeleServices, the company that provides telecom services to over 16 million subscribers across India under the MTS brand, has partnered with the India Unite to End Polio Now campaign, supported by UNICEF. The campaign will create polio ...
See all stories on this topic » Hindu Business Line HPV vaccine safe study says Los Angeles Times
A large study of the safety of the HPV vaccine has turned up no unexpected side effects.The study, published Monday in the journal Archives of Pediatrics ...
articles.latimes.com/.../la-heb-hpv-vaccine-gets-a-mostly-clean... My daughter got chicken pox and it made us about as welcome as a pack of ...
As someone who's child ended up in intensive care for 3 weeks with chicken pox when he was 4, I am personally delighted the craze for pox parties has deminished. If kids catch it inadvertently that's fine but it can be very dangerous so please don't ...
See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail Study: Not Enough Evidence That HPV Vaccine Is Safe and Effective
Study: Not Enough Evidence That HPV Vaccine Is Safe and Effective - Page 5. Subscribe Search This Thread. « Previous · 1 · 2 · 3 · 4; 5; Next ». Start a New Thread. post #81 of 86. 11/1/12 at 7:28am. kathymuggle · Trader Feedback: 0; offline. 556 Posts.
See all stories on this topic » Meningitis victim sues Mass. pharmacy
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a northern Indiana man who died from fungal meningitis is suing a Massachusetts specialty pharmacy that produced tainted medication linked to a deadly outbreak. The wrongful death lawsuit was filed this week in an ...
See all stories on this topic » Romney's lax regulation may have fueled meningitis outbreak
The victims in the epidemic all received shots of methylprednisolone acetate, a steroid compound often used to alleviate back pain, but which was tainted with a fungus that caused meningitis, an inflammation of the protective membranes covering the ...
See all stories on this topic » Chicago Drug Injury Attorney Expresses Sympathy for Fungal Meningitis ...
The outbreak of fungal meningitis and related illnesses has hit Midwest states particularly hard, says attorney Patrick A. Salvi of the Chicago personal injury firm of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C.. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) November 01, 2012. Chicago ...
See all stories on this topic » Fungal meningitis: How a wimpy, ubiquitous black mold turned to the dark side
If your Halloween costume didn't end up scaring anybody this year, maybe you should have dressed up as Exserohilus rostratum. It's the black mold that's responsible for the multi-state outbreak of fungal meningitis cases linked to tainted steroid ...
See all stories on this topic » MinnPost.com Unprecedented 'black mold' meningitis challenges doctors
Minnesota Department of Health laboratory technician Ruth Rutledge packs cerebrospinal fluid of three confirmed meningitis cases this past month to send to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for testing. Posted: Thursday, November 1, 2012 ...
See all stories on this topic » Harsh punishments rare for drug compounding mistakes
2012 - WASHINGTON -- The legal landscape is littered with charges of negligence and misconduct by compounding pharmacies such as the one implicated in the nation's ongoing meningitis outbreak, but they rarely result in tough punishments, ...
See all stories on this topic » Study: Orthodox Jewish males transmitted mumps in school
(JTA) -- A mumps outbreak in New York and New Jersey in which 97 percent of the more than 3,500 cases were Orthodox Jews and most male was a result of the way the boys are schooled, according to a new study. A study on the June 2009 to June 2010 ...
See all stories on this topic » Fun Fun Fun Fest Saturday Reviews: Why?
Mumps, Etc. offers his most unfocused entry yet, but it still leaves a substantial footprint. "I'd prefer to be some unknown with a sports car/Than pen the dumb pun poems as a poor star," he flips on "Waterlines." It's just like Wolf to casually bury ...
See all stories on this topic » Austin Chronicle Health roundup: Stigma slows fight against lung cancer
Mumps outbreak: A mumps outbreak that hit Orthodox Jewish communities in New York and New Jersey in 2009-2010 spread largely through religious schools that used intense face-to-face teaching -- enabling the virus to spread even among people who ...
See all stories on this topic » Mumps Exposure in Yeshivas Trumped Vaccine
A mumps outbreak occurred among Orthodox Jewish communities in New York and New Jersey during 2009 and 2010. Adolescents and males were disproportionately affected; 89% of those with documented vaccination status had previously received two ...
See all stories on this topic » Mumps outbreak traced to face-to-face schooling, study suggests
"The risk of infection with mumps may be higher when the exposure dose of virus is large or intensely transmitted," wrote lead author Albert Barskey, of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Immunization and ...
See all stories on this topic » WHO: China makes breakthrough on tetanus spread
Speaker: Dr Lawrence Rodewald, Team Leader of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation at WHO China. RODEWALD: This has been really a decades long endeavour to get rid of as much as possible maternal and neo-natal tetanus and just in the last ...
See all stories on this topic » Flu vaccines recalled by MHRA
... of visible protein aggregates that were identified following additional testing during the course of an investigation. The recall is despite there being no evidence of any safety concerns or any adverse reactions being associated with the vaccines ...
See all stories on this topic » Novartis Canada Resumes Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Distribution as Health ...
The Public Health Agency of Canada is now advising health care professionals in possession of these vaccines that they can start using them once again. The Public Health Agency of Canada closely monitors vaccination-related adverse events and, to date, ...
See all stories on this topic » UBC researchers advocate HPV vaccine scrutiny
UBC Faculty of Medicine fellow Lucija Tomljenovic (above) and Chris Shaw have published a study that they say raises concerns over the risk of adverse reactions to the human papillomavirus vaccine. By Gail Johnson, November 1, 2012. Special coverage ...
See all stories on this topic » Straight.com Howell man with meningitis released from hospital
A Howell man whose wife died in the national meningitis outbreak has been released from a hospital where he was treated for the same illness. George Cary said that he's “much improved” but still taking medication and focusing on regaining his strength.
See all stories on this topic » Man with meningitis is home; his wife died
30. The Carys were treated for pain at a Brighton-area clinic, which used steroids made by a Massachusetts pharmacy. Contaminated steroids have been linked to a national wave of meningitis, including 62 cases in Michigan. Eight state residents have died.
See all stories on this topic » Did Schooling Method Spread Mumps in Orthodox Jewish Communities?
With intense exposure to the mumps virus, even some vaccinated people may still contract the disease, researchers say. That's what health experts believe happened in several Orthodox Jewish communities that experienced an outbreak of the mumps a ...
See all stories on this topic » Newsday (subscription) To Stem Mumps Outbreak, Doctors Try An Extra Vaccination
Public health officials say this type of close physical contact caused a mumps outbreak to spread throughout several orthodox Jewish communities in and around New York City. On June 17, 2009, an 11-year-old boy returned home from the U.K., which was ...
See all stories on this topic » Govt launches new diarrhoea vaccine
The Rotavirus vaccine protects children against a virus called Rotavirus which is the most common cause of severe diarrhoea in children under the age of five years and the virus is responsible for 25-50 percent of severe diarrhoea. Kachali cited the ...
See all stories on this topic » WANTED BY THE FEDS: Poul Thorsen, Who Helped Pull Off CDC Vaccine ...
Poul Thorsen: Autism Speaks' Original Trailblazer Poul Thorsen, indicted last week (HERE) by US Attorneys for embezzling tax payers money via the Centers for Disease Control, also received $1 Million in funding through an Autism Speaks grant in 2008 ...
See all stories on this topic » President for complete elimination of polio
President Asif Ali Zardari has reiterated government's commitment to undertake all out efforts for complete eradication of polio virus from the country. Addressing a specially convened meeting in Karachi to review the current situation vis-à-vis Polio ...
See all stories on this topic » Jigawa Immunizes I.4 Million Children Against Polio
Dutse — The Jigawa State government says it immunized 1.4 million children during the last immunization exercise against polio. The state's Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tafida Abubakar, while fielding questions with newsmen, said there is a ...
See all stories on this topic » Surprising Thruths About Gardasil®
Flu Shots are Worthless Dr. Sherri Tenpenny cites a couple of studies http://www. youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iyYDnXMyAPU. Surprising ...
eugene.craigslist.org/kid/3367973873.html A new Gardasil study is obviously designed to produce desired results
A new Gardasil study is obviously designed to produce desired results. This is just one more effort to reassure parents that they should let their young children ...
hsionline.com/2012/10/29/new-gardasil-study/ Health officials hope for a boost in immunizations
"It's to increase adult immunizations specifically," said Belle Shepherd, Jackson County public health division manager. Shepherd added that the risk of death from influenza is highest among the 65 and older population. While pertussis, or whooping ...
See all stories on this topic » AFGHANISTAN: Disease outbreaks prompt action
In its 2011-2015 plan for the National Immunization Programme, the Ministry of Public Health writes: “Considering the current constraints and challenges in Afghanistan, reaching 95 percent [measles vaccine] coverage nationally and at least 80 percent ...
See all stories on this topic » HPV shots due in schools next week
During next week, girls attending public high schools in the Cayman Islands can receive free vaccines for the cervical cancer causing Human Papillomavirus. The virus, commonly known as HPV, is the leading cause of cervical cancer and is the most ...
See all stories on this topic » 3rd meningitis case from tainted steroid confirmed in NC
RALEIGH -- A third North Carolina resident has been diagnosed with fungal meningitis linked to contaminated steroids distributed across the nation by a New England Compounding Center. The patient was being monitored after being identified as receiving ...
See all stories on this topic » Meningitis outbreak toll: 377 illnesses, 28 deaths
Meningitis outbreak toll: 377 illnesses, 28 deaths. Posted: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 2:32 PM EST. Updated: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 2:33 PM EST. National NewsMore>> · A state-by-state look at superstorm's effects · A state-by-state look at ...
See all stories on this topic » Hibbing woman who contracted meningitis leaves hospital
The Hibbing woman who was victimized by a national outbreak of fungal meningitis is out of the hospital and in her parents' care, her lawyer said on Wednesday. By: John Lundy, Duluth News Tribune. Talk about it. The Hibbing woman who was victimized by ...
See all stories on this topic » Meningitis outbreak: Mass. pharmacy boasted of clean labs
A Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak sent customers a “report card” touting the cleanliness of its labs, even though internal tests showed widespread contamination. Discuss the fungal meningitis outbreak on Facebook ...
See all stories on this topic » Meningitis outbreak: Autopsy confirms judge's death linked to steroid
Lovelace did not die from fungal meningitis, but the fungus injected into his body is the same fungus responsible for the meningitis outbreak, Nichols said. “Not everybody who's got this has died from meningitis,” he said. “Some of them have died from ...
See all stories on this topic » Drug firm tied to meningitis cases recalls drugs amid purity questions
A drug producer linked to the pharmacy at the center of a national meningitis outbreak announced a recall of all of its products Wednesday after federal regulators found it had not provided enough assurance that all the medicines it made were sterile.
See all stories on this topic » Health tip: Get a Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) booster shot
Did you know new babies are at risk of getting pertussis (whooping cough) because they have not developed immunity to certain diseases? You can help protect babies by getting your own booster shot, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
See all stories on this topic » To Stem Mumps Outbreak, Doctors Try An Extra Vaccination
Credit M. Spencer Green / AP. Two boys study together at a Chicago yeshiva in 2009. Public health officials say this type of close physical contact caused a mumps outbreak to spread throughout several orthodox Jewish communities in and around New York ...
See all stories on this topic » It's rubella, not measles – Katema
Minister of Community Development, Mother and Child Health Joseph Katema said at a press brfeing in Lusaka on Tuesday that the 53 cases of suspected measles that were reported at Mpelembe Secondary School have been confirmed to be rubella by ...
See all stories on this topic » Zambia Daily Mail Paralyzed with love
Because of a childhood bout with polio, he can only be out of his iron lung for a few hours at a time, and his body is virtually immobile from the neck down. At age 38, he's determined to find someone experienced and nonjudgmental to teach him about ...
See all stories on this topic » Minneapolis Star Tribune Varicella spreads through Vigo Co. Schools
"What has been a big obstacle for us is, that a lot of physicians don't recognize it as a break through disease, they think they're looking for a wild type and they're sending the kids back to school and saying it isn't chicken pox,” said Wise. The ...
See all stories on this topic » International Travel Immunizations Available
The clinic has been designated as a Yellow Fever vaccination center by the National Centers for Disease Control and the Illinois Department of Public Health. In addition to providing the immunization services travelers need, clinic staff provide ...
See all stories on this topic » What causes pneumonia?
In most cases carriage of pneumococci is asymptomatic but children who have not developed immunity or whose defenses are compromised (by the flu virus, for example) are at risk of developing pneumococcal infection. What are the symptoms?
See all stories on this topic » Another pharmacy recalls products in meningitis cases
The headquarters for Ameridose Sterile Admixing Services, a pharmacy connected to the New England Compounding Center tied to a deadly meningitis outbreak, is shown. (Photo: By Marshall Wolff, AP) ...
See all stories on this topic » Meningitis Outbreak Could Have Been Prevented
The New England Compounding Center (NECC) has been under investigation since September due to its production and dispersion of tainted steroids that have led to an outbreak of fungal meningitis. The steroid injection was mainly used to treat chronic ...
See all stories on this topic » Meningitis Death Toll Climbs to 29
Another person has died from a fungal meningitis outbreak tied to tainted steroid injections, bringing the total death toll to 29, health officials reported today. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has increased the tally of cases to 377.
See all stories on this topic » ABC News And now death by Gardasil? Again, not so fast… – Respectful ...
will remember that yesterday I commented on the recent uptick in anti-Gardasil vaccine rhetoric coming from the antivaccine crank blog Age of Autism and other sources, in the process deconstructing speculation masquerading as a case ...
Respectful Insolence Flying fox shooting permits revealed, committee hears
FLYING fox specialists told a Queensland parliamentary committee that 11 landowners had applied for government permits to shoot the endangered animal as they revealed a hendra vaccine for horses should be released by Christmas. The same specialists ...
See all stories on this topic » Vaccine released to control deadly Hendra virus
Australian Veterinary Association president Ben Gardiner said the vaccine reduced the risk of exposure to Hendra virus for horse owners, handlers and veterinarians significantly. "For that reason, the Australian Veterinary Association recommends that ...
See all stories on this topic » Though on the rise, whooping cough is preventable
Whooping cough, also called Pertussis is a preventable disease that is on the rise. Cases have been reported in our region. Whooping cough is a very serious condition. It can affect individuals of any age causing significant coughing and difficulty ...
See all stories on this topic » Bacterial Meningitis Vaccine For At-Risk Infants Recommended By CDC Panel
CHICAGO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted on Wednesday to recommend the use of GlaxoSmithKline's newly approved vaccine for bacterial meningitis in babies at increased risk of the infection.
See all stories on this topic » Did Schooling Method Spread Mumps in Orthodox Jewish Communities?
"From June 2009 through June 2010, the U.S. experienced large mumps outbreaks in several large Orthodox Jewish communities, primarily among people who were well vaccinated," said Albert Barskey, an epidemiologist in the division of viral diseases at ...
See all stories on this topic » 3 big reasons kids need flu vaccinations
The most compelling reason to have children vaccinated comes from a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, that says 894 kids younger than 18 died from the flu or flu complications between the 2004-2005 and the 2011-2012 flu season ...
See all stories on this topic » Philadelphia Inquirer (blog) Son's tonsils in court's hands as parents feud over medical treatment
The mother said she did not believe her former partner's claims that he now approved of immunisation and antibiotics. She said the father was very angry when he discovered the boy had been immunised and "continued to harangue her on this issue to this ...
See all stories on this topic » Pneumonia vaccination: In Sindh, 5m infants to be immunised
HYDERABAD: More than five million infants in Sindh will be immunised against pneumonia, a leading cause of death among children worldwide, in the vaccination drive starting from the third week of November. Children below the age of one year will be ...
See all stories on this topic » The Express Tribune 'The Sessions' star is picky about projects
Expect more good notices to arrive for his work in "The Sessions," in which he plays Mark O'Brien, a real-life writer, poet and polio survivor who uses an iron lung. In the film, he hires a sex surrogate (Helen Hunt). It's an amazing performance ...
See all stories on this topic » President alarmed over new polio cases
At a meeting convened to discuss polio in the province, Zardari was informed that four polio cases were discovered in the province this year, while some districts of Karachi and the rest of Sindh could not be covered during the immunisation campaign.
See all stories on this topic » Advocacy seminar: pneumococcal vaccination starts
Multan—Health department in collaboration with Chip, a non governmental organisation, arranged a seminar to create awareness regarding the importance of pneumococcal vaccine for infants here on Wednesday. District Health Officer Munawwar Abbas ...
See all stories on this topic » 'Pneumococcal meningitis is life threatening'
KARACHI: A study of babies and infants admitted to public and private hospitals in the Karachi, Hyderabad and Matiari districts of Sindh has revealed that pneumococcal meningitis is life threatening and its after effects can dramatically impact the ...
See all stories on this topic » Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Toll Now 28 Dead, 363 Sickened
TUESDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- As compounding pharmacies at the heart of the ongoing meningitis outbreak are inspected and closed, the death toll rose to 28 on Tuesday, with 363 illnesses reported across 19 states. Three new fatalities -- two ...
See all stories on this topic » Indiana now has 48 cases of fungal meningitis
Health officials confirmed today that Indiana now has 48 cases of fungal meningitis tainted steroid injections for back pain. There have been three deaths linked to Indiana, and according to Elkhart County's health officer, all three deaths are linked ...
See all stories on this topic » Examiner.com Can men have Gardasil in the UK Yahoo UK & Ireland Answers
"Can men have Gardasil in the UK?" - Find the answer to this question and millions more on Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers.
uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid... Jackson County strives to boost adult immunization rates
Jackson County Health & Human Services hopes to boost adult immunization rates for influenza and Tdap, which protects against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, for Jackson and Josephine counties by 10 percent in the coming fiscal year. The Jackson ...
See all stories on this topic » Mumps outbreak traced to face-to-face schooling
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A face-to-face educational technique used among Orthodox Jews apparently led to an outbreak of mumps in 2009 and 2010 even though most of those infected were properly vaccinated, according to a new study. The outbreak ...
See all stories on this topic » Might Smallpox Virus Help Fight a Lethal Breast Cancer?
MONDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) — New animal research suggests it may be possible to use a form of smallpox virus to infect and kill the tumor cells of a particularly virulent form of breast cancer. To date, this novel approach to attacking what's ...
See all stories on this topic » San Quentin prison on medical lockdown after chickenpox outtbreak
SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON -- Officials at San Quentin State Prison say the prison is on a medical lockdown after at least two inmates became sick with chickenpox. Prison spokesman Lt. Sam Robinson says the prison has been locked down since last ...
See all stories on this topic » Catholic parents to get say on HPV vaccine issue
Rob Mooy, Kingston This Week Debra Vine, a public health nurse with KFL&A Public Health, looks at a HPV vaccine as the facility prepares for the expansion of the human papillomavirus (HPV) immunization program in the Kingston area. Tweet · Bookmark ...
See all stories on this topic » Vaccine Mistrust: Alive & Well in Romania
Romania has the highest incidence of cervical cancer in Europe, so public health officials launched a HPV vaccination campaign there in 2008. They offered the vaccine to 10 and 11-year-old girls, the optimal age at which to get the vaccine since HPV ...
See all stories on this topic » TakePart Indiana fungal meningitis cases rise to 48
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana now has 48 cases of fungal meningitis linked to injections of a recalled back pain medication. Health officials said Wednesday that there were still three deaths from the disease linked to Indiana. Elkhart County's health ...
See all stories on this topic » Pertussis confirmed at Bigfork Schools
On Monday the Bigfork Schools sent out a notification to parents that an individual at Bigfork Schools was diagnosed with pertussis, which is commonly called “whooping cough.” The notice also told parents if their child had been directly exposed, a ...
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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?" -- Sandy Gottstein |
