[lit-ideas] Re: flu vaccine
- From: Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Paul)
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 27 Oct 2004 18:30:28 PDT
Paul=20Stone=20writes:
>I=20never=20said=20that=20it=20IS=20self-indulgent=20for=20people=
=20who=20_need_=20to=20get=20the=20vaccine=20to=20get=20it.=20I=
=20tried=20to=20set=20out=20in=20my=20last=20email=20that=20the=
=20'problem'=20with=20this=20year=20is=20not=20just=20that=20there=
=20is=20a=20severe=20shortage=20of=20flu=20shots,=20it's=20that=
=20the=20inoculations=20were=20progressing=20as=20normal=20(i.e.=
=20millions=20of=20people=20getting=20them=20--=20and=20desiring=
=20them=20--=20who=20DON'T=20need=20them)=20and=20so=20this=
=20exacerbated=20an=20already=20bad=20situation=20with=20the=
=20people=20who=20really=20need=20them<
I=20don't=20know=20where=20the=20notion=20that=20'millions=20of=
=20people...[who=20don't=20need=20flu=20shots]=20are=20getting=
=20them'=20comes=20from.=20That=20certainly=20hasn't=20been=
=20reported=20locally=20ornationally=20(although=20Marlena=20did=
=20suggest=20that=20her=20library=20staff=20didn't=20want=20to=20be=
=20making=20decisions=20about=20who=20did=20and=20didn't=20need=
=20innoculation=20and=20was=20giving=20everyone=20a=20pass).=20In=
=20Oregon=20there's=20no=20flu=20vaccine=20for=20anybody,=20let=
=20alone=20those=20who=20are=20in=20the=20'at=20risk'=20category.=
=20The=20lines=20shown=20on=20TV=20and=20reported=20in=20the=
=20press=20are=20made=20up=20of=20aged=20folk,=20some=20in=
=20wheelchairs,=20most=20assisted=20by=20abler=20persons.=20The=
=20innoculation=20of=20people=20who=20fall=20outside=20the=
=20guidelines=20didn't=20create=20the=20present=20US=20flu=
=20vaccine=20shortage.
And=20later:
>They=20are=20not=20being=20altruistic,=20whining=20about=20how=
=20their=20grandmothers=20and=20kids=20can't=20get=20it.<
Who=20are=20'they'?=20I=20guess=20I'm=20asking=20which=20planet's=
=20newspapers=20you=20read.
Yet=20further:
>It's=20like=20air=20bags,=20car=20safety,=20seatbelts=20etc.=20How=
=20about=20learning=20how=20to=20fucking=20drive=20so=20that=20you=
=20don't=20smash=20into=20anything?=20How=20about=20more=
=20difficult=20driving=20tests?=20How=20about=20making=20sure=
=20that=20people=20who=20are=20not=20extremely=20competent=
=20drivers=20DON'T=20DRIVE?<
'It's=20like'?=20I=20have=20a=20hard=20time=20seeing=20how=20it=
=20is.=20It=20seems=20odd=20to=20say=20that=20because=20most=
=20accidents=20are=20caused=20by=20people=20who=20don't=20know=
=20how=20to=20fucking=20drive,=20there=20is=20no=20need=20for=
=20seatbelts=20and=20airbags=20in=20general=20(if=20that=20_is_=
=20what's=20being=20said).=20Although=20there=20are=20lethal=20one=
=20car=20accidents,=20I=20think=20there=20are=20far=20more=
=20multiple=20car=20accidents,=20and=20it=20takes=20only=20one=
=20incompetent=20driver=20to=20ruin=20your=20day,=20however=
=20competent=20you=20may=20be.=20Are=20you=20saying=20that=20if=
=20the=20Kingdom=20of=20God=20on=20earth=20resulted=20in=20only=
=20'competent'=20drivers=20there'd=20be=20no=20need=20for=20safety=
=20devices=20on=20cars?=20
I'm=20waiting=20for=20the=20Paul=20Stone=20isolation-satisfaction=
=20unit,=20which=20is=20modeled=20on=20early=20brain-in-a-vat=
=20technology,=20to=20come=20on=20the=20market.=20When=20it's=
=20available=20it=20will=20be=20so=20attractive=20that=20nobody=
=20will=20want=20to=20leave=20its=20cozy=20confines=20and=20expose=
=20themselves=20to=20germy=20people=20and=20Massachusetts=
=20drivers.=20
Robert=20Paul
Reed=20College
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