[lit-ideas] Re: A Possibly Very Good Idea
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 15:51:01 -0400
That's what I said about what if Israel fed the hungry children, and helped
put out of work Palestinian adults to gainful work building the area
instead of proving their military prowess and superiority through
arrogance. 1,000 Palestinians for 3 Israelis, give me a break. Sounds
like you might be coming around to thinking that maybe peace begets peace
and war begets war.
> [Original Message]
> From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Theoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:Discussion of
philosophy and the arts <THEORIA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 8/19/2006 2:11:10 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] A Possibly Very Good Idea
>
> Forgive the cross-posting of the message. This occurred to
> me as a good idea and I wanted to send it to both Lists to
> get feedback on it.
>
> How to create the medical infrastructure to respond to
> terrorism and also improve the US image abroad?
>
> The US could establish a large fleet of hospital ships. (I
> think we have one at the moment.) Doctors and nurses would
> receive significant tuition reimbursement in exchange for
> service on these ships.
>
> These ships would be sent all over the world to treat
> diseases in less developed nations. The benefits would be:
>
> (1) good PR for the US,
> (2) increased knowledge of tropical diseases that our
> immigration policies will eventually bring to the US,
> (3) economies of scale in drug research for those diseases,
> and importantly,
> (4) the ability to respond to a bioterror attack in the
> United States.
>
> At present, the CDC has admitted that it has no
> infrastructure to deal with bio- or radiological terrorism.
> Having a fleet of hospital ships would allow the US to
> respond quickly to such attacks in US coastal cities.
>
> If there were a terrorist attack in Philadelphia, for
> example, our hospital ships could be quickly called upon to
> serve the area, thereby preventing the collapse of the
> healthcare system.
>
> The obvious drawback is the cost, but there seem to be many
> pluses to this idea. Feedback? Tweaks?
>
> Regards,
> Eric Yost
> trying to think outside the ship
>
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