Right Paul. According to CBC tonight, cervical cancer kills 900 women per year in the UK.
Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== Paul C Bernhardt wrote: > > > This is Kahneman and Tversky framing of decisions stuff: Doing > something that is known to kill a certain number of people is less > preferred decision compared to doing nothing knowing that some people > might die. If the news article focused on the tens of thousands saved > by the vaccine compared to the tends of thousands who have morbidity > and mortality from getting cervical cancer the discussion about the > unfortunate few who (allegedly) die from the vaccine might shift away > from outrage. > > -- > Paul Bernhardt > Frostburg State University > Frostburg, MD, USA > > > > On 9/29/09 10:19 AM, "Beth Benoit" <beth.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Just after Mike Palij posted the suggestion that we take a look > at the article discussing the fact that there /will/ be deaths > following flu vaccines, but they are likely to be deaths that > would have occurred naturally, this just came in to Google News: > the death of a girl in England after she was given the cervical > cancer vaccine. The vaccination programs has been halted while > the situation is being examined. It should be interesting to see > if this is yet another correlation-without-causation situation, or > what factors are actually involved. > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/sep/29/cervical-cancer-vaccinations-postponed > > I imagine that even though the news that there have been over a > million doses given without anything like this happening, the > program will face huge challenges now. > > Beth Benoit > Granite State College > Plymouth State University > New Hampshire > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) > > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
