Thursday, October 18, 2001

 

An ounce of prevention

My mom is a smart lady. If only people who make decisions about health issues in our country were that smart, there wouldn't be any concern about a possible upcoming crisis.

I remember when the decision was made to not make smallpox vacinations mandatory for children starting school. There hadn't been a case of smallpox in years, so the vacincations weren't necessary anymore, "they" said.

Of course there hadn't been a case in years, my mom said. That's because of the vacinations.

Had "they" not decided to stop the vacinations, we wouldn't be worried about the threat of an outbreak now. The terrorists would have one less weapon.

We've learned many lessons since Sept. 11. We're sure to learn many more. I hope the to-vacinate-or-not question is one of them.

posted by Anne 10/18/2001 09:09:00 AM