Re: (Tears) Fads and Fallacies by Martin Gardner

On 5/17/24 09:22, James Nicoll wrote:

In article <oqse4jds7ibad4prv0kbcv6bbt7hpqo0lg@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

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The diseases will adapt (Natural Selection) and the Medical Industry
will make money, not just with the current vaccine, but with the next
and the next and the next ...
>

 It is possible to wipe out specific diseases. It appears the C19 counter-
measures may have inadvertently eliminated two previously common flu
strains. As well, humans have eliminated smallpox in the wild.
 We had considerable success with measles until a terrible outbreak of
stupid people brought it back.
  

Ah, yes. Stupid people. The reason I had a 2nd job. "Hey, y'all. Hold my beer and watch this!" along with "Throw sum gasoline on that there fire" and the like. Similar to "Them scientists! What do they know? That stuff 'ill probly give you a 3rd eye."
I remember lining up outside a church and getting the polio vaccine on a sugar cube and in the 2nd or 3rd grade getting shipped through the library at school and all of us getting a DTP shot. Amazing how diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus virtually went away after that.
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Dave Scruggs
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