I read in !emc-pstc that Ken Javor <ken.ja...@emccompliance.com> wrote (in <b85bb29d.c04%ken.ja...@emccompliance.com>) about 'EMC-related safety issues', on Fri, 4 Jan 2002: > My take on it is that rather than appease ridiculous demands, a > company ought to look at the profit vs. risk vs. cost to consumer > and decide, heck, it ain't worth it. Case in point on the news > today I heard that DPT shots are in short supply, because two > companies quit making it. They quit making it because there were a > very small number of bad reactions to it and there were lawsuits or > gov't action. Well, my kids are beyond that stage but I sure feel > sorry for the people out there whose infants are at risk for > whooping cough, diphtheria and pertussis.
Ahem, whooping cough IS pertussis. 'DPT' = Diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus. > The only thing worse > than watching your child become seriously ill is knowing it was > easily preventable. > This is wildly OT, but there is a big issue in Britain in this area, because what we call the 'triple vaccine' or 'MMR' (measles, mumps and rubella) is alleged to be implicated in autism and serious bowel disorders. The connection is, AIUI, considered by a *small* number of qualified medical people, to be proved, or very probable. This is another case of (alleged) dire results of a very low probability, but much higher that my suggested 'generic' 10^-9 level. The government has, if anything, made matters worse, by denying parents the right to choose, on the National Health (free) Service, three separate vaccinations instead of the triple, so it's the triple or none and it seems about 20% of parents are choosing 'none', in addition to the 10% or so who reject or do not bother about vaccination per se. With only 70% of infants vaccinated, there is a real risk of an epidemic. Matters were made even worse by the indignant reaction of the Prime Minister, who refused to answer in Parliament when asked if his infant son has had the triple vaccine! The implication is that the PM has paid for three separate vaccinations instead. I believe also that the DPT vaccine is not licensed in Europe because of the (alleged) incidence of serious side-effects. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk After swimming across the Hellespont, I felt like a Hero. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
