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To: JohnM who wrote (39436)	7/10/2007 10:45:16 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541741

Since I wanted people to see Sicko, I thought the injection of Cuba was needlessly controversial. And also, since we are fighting a genuine propaganda battle with Cuba, which we are not fighting with France, England and Canada, I thought it was problematic for that reason too- because it made suspect other data which really should not be suspect. Canada, England and France are nations of the first world, that are very much like us, with populations that have similar expectations to our population. So Cuba, the outlier in this group, didn't belong for that reason, as well.

To: JohnM who wrote (39436)	7/10/2007 11:13:54 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541741

I liked the Cuban section once the Gitmo section ended. I suspect that rendition was reasonably accurate. But would be interested now to read some reasonable analysis of it. Not as extensive, or as thoroughly sourced as to be ideal, but a start would be canf.org Apparently much more in depth and analytical but also not fully available to the public links.jstor.org The one page you can see for free gives some information, but it s just a taste. To get the whole thing, you need to either buy the article or be affiliated with a library or scholarly society thats a Jstor member. (I have no such affiliation) The following link deals with Cuban statistics, but its about education stats, and its also a PDF. lanic.utexas.edu Its hard to find a really good reasonable, and well sourced article on the reliability of Cuban Medical statistics, but getting back to "Sicko", its reasonably certain that Moore and the patients he brought in were given the best of the best that was available in Cuba. Cuba is a poor country with shortages, that type of gold plated medical facility isn't available to everyone all the time.