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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (3948)	11/9/2001 12:57:16 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 14610

Well, it IS a big number. Particularly the 32K, probably a good 30K of whom were taking a powerful antibiotic of last resort for no compelling reason. From a public health perspective, there are consequences to such things just as there are consequences for all of us when doctors prescribe antibiotics for childrens' colds because mom insists on it. One of the things that has been interesting to me about how this has played out is that people who may have been exposed look at the treatment they're getting from the Public Health Service as though it were an HMO. The PHS is focused on the best interests of the population at large, not what's best for the individual. If they want to be treated as a patient--with their best interests coming first--they need to see their doctors. You can tell by the interviews that hardly anyone understood that. And that the CDC was having trouble, given the politics, walking that line. Karen