Ok how bout this one.
Posted on 04/11/2005 1:04:09 PM PDT by Diogenesis
The U.S. govt. has made strides in vaccine acquisition since that article was published. From the CDC Emergency Preparedness pages:
Currently, the United States has a big enough stockpile of smallpox vaccine to vaccinate everyone in the United States in the event of a smallpox emergency.
This is not especially comforting when you take into account that a large percentage of the population is ineligible for vaccine and given also (per the New Yorker article) that near-universal levels of vaccination are not necessarily proof against extensive outbreaks.
I'll feel more secure when (if) they develop an effective treatment.
You do know, China Airlines is from Taiwan, not the Peoples Republic of China?
NAHHH!!! You run your family toothbrushes and your kitchen sponges through the dishwasher, separately of course if you are really "Monk" ee ! One hundred and forty degree water ought to do the trick! Although when small ones are sick, I do boil the teakettle and pour it over the brush! Get rid of those gross cups that everyone's saliva drips into after brushing and you'll be a happy Camper!
Did I say Paranoid?
When the plague comes, whatever it is, we need a corps of volunteers to rush around to make sure the ACLU gets it first.
"I just touched my face,LOL!"
Naughty, naughty. Start training yourself now so you'll be ready when captain tripps hits :)
"Somebody mentioned Monk earlier -- he hasn't done anything I don't see myself doing!"
Lol. I do a lot of Monk things, too.
I can promise you my toothbrush never sits out in a gross shared cup, or anywhere else anyone could ever have access to it.
It's put away far from any possibility of contamination by others!
Just remembering that Seinfeld episode in which one of his girlfriends dipped his toothbrush in the toilet...
I think we're probably not alone!
Vietnam is communist in name only, there is more free market capitalism there than in many so called capitalist countries. Go there, you'd be in for a surprise.
Ok how bout this one.
ONE word...
ImmPower
Get it now. Google it.
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