Re: Interesting hospital visit

Donna Evleth <devleth@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>> From: naneklund@xxxxxxx
>> Organization: http://groups.google.com
>> Newsgroups: alt.support.diabetes
>> Date: 15 Dec 2005 18:51:07 -0800
>> Subject: Re: Interesting hospital visit
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>> Comment on the crowded ER. Seems LA is having both a real whooping
>> cough epidemic and a hyped up scare about bird flu. Both result in
>> lots of people in the ER.
>
>Whooping cough??? There have been vaccines for this for 70 years. Why is
>there an epidemic in Los Angeles where I was born and was vaccinated against
>whooping cough 70 years ago?

One reason would be the lunatics who are telling people not to
vaccinate their children.

http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/vaxliars1.htm
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