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To: Solon who wrote (10)	10/1/2000 11:12:13 PM
From: cosmicforce	Respond to of 36

This is an issue sufficiently important for me to take half an hour to look up a few email addresses. We can all do that. So many "issues" aren't issues at all but represent polarizing POVs that are intended to distract from the real issues. Here is an issue. X, will you post the original article's URL so that I can send it to a few non-SI people I know. I'd rather not redirect them here and tip off my identity (or let them see some of my semi-personal thoughts on other topics) if you know what I mean~! <bg>

To: Solon who wrote (10)	10/1/2000 11:14:07 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 36

Thank you Solon. I did some of that already. I will be doing more tomorrow. I am also going to call my GP and my kids pediatrician and leave a message to tell them of my concerns. On a related subject did you know Calif is one of only two states that has an emergency plan ready for a major flu epidemic? A flu similar to the killer 1918 flu strain hits approximately every 40 years. The last killer was, if I remember, in 1968. I want to see measures implemented in my city that would insure in the event of a health epidemic people are urged to minimize contacts to prevent the acceleration of the spread of a disease. This kind of plan would be useful in the event of any communicable disease epidemic- at the moment people are woefully ignorant of both the dangers we face from such epidemics and of the measures needed to curtail the spread of communicable diseases.