PBS program on global health starts Nov. 1

[Roland98]

Originally Posted by livius drusus

I was shocked to hear about how limited vaccine production is these days. I haven't read Bush's full proposal for dealing with an avian flu outbreak, but I hope there's something in there about widening the production base instead of just giving money to the purchase from the tiny existing base, because otherwise it seems to me there'll be a huge bottleneck.

Um, yeah, not so much. Some lip service to new technologies, but the pandemic plan overall is insufficient.

[cappuccino]

I'm just utterly disgusted by the thought that the 200 billion dollars spent on the Iraq war could have permanently benefitted the impoverished communities in Africa.

Jesus H. Christ

It's sickening to think that we have such skewed priorities. War should be banned but unfortunately that's just a nice fastasy. Won't it be great if we could start a political movement in the US to exchange war money and time for charity, education, and infrastructure development.

We'd leave a hell of a better legacy than a war torn country with a bitter population and world-wide ill-will.

[alphamale]

Originally Posted by Demosthenes

I'm just utterly disgusted by the thought that the 200 billion dollars spent on the Iraq war could have permanently benefitted the impoverished communities in Africa.

Jesus H. Christ

It's sickening to think that we have such skewed priorities. War should be banned but unfortunately that's just a nice fastasy. Won't it be great if we could start a political movement in the US to exchange war money and time for charity, education, and infrastructure development.

We'd leave a hell of a better legacy than a war torn country with a bitter population and world-wide ill-will.

Hmmm ... why don't you complain then about the $250 billion planned to rebuild the welfare clients houses in new orleans 15 feet below sea level?