by David Gumpert | May 23, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I appreciate the great tips in how to get a handle on medical visits, from Monday’s post, especially the suggestions about advance preparation and using email. Anna’s description of how she makes sure she has something hard to write on while taking notes...
by David Gumpert | May 22, 2007 | Uncategorized |
Last evening my short-story group got together. We’re ten guys who meet roughly once a month at each other’s homes to discuss three or four short stories we’ve assigned ourselves. We’ve been doing this for six or seven years. One of the stories...
by David Gumpert | May 21, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I’ve been reading quotes and references over the last couple weeks from the mother of a two-year-old girl who became seriously ill last fall from E.coli. In today’s New York Times, testimony by the mother, Elizabeth Armstrong of Indiana, to Congress last...
by David Gumpert | May 19, 2007 | Uncategorized |
There was an intriguing little comment exchange about my last posting, on freerepublic.com, a news site with a libertarian slant. One reader asked, “Who is David Gumpert. What’s his racket?” Another person answered: “From the blog, it looks...
by David Gumpert | May 18, 2007 | Uncategorized |
It’s interesting how the discussion about vaccination evolved into one about health care insurance (from my May 15 posting). They are closely related, not unlike the relationship between you and the seller of your television set.Bear with me a little here,...
by David Gumpert | May 17, 2007 | Uncategorized |
I’d like to add another thought to the vaccine discussion on my last post. It’s prompted by two things: the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s push for vaccinations in Third World countries and the sudden recollection of seemingly innocuous...
by David Gumpert | May 16, 2007 | Uncategorized |
One of the things that always makes me uncomfortable when I write about a subject like vaccination and autism is that so many people have such strong feelings on the subject. It’s not that I don’t like writing about controversial topics, I just feel...
by David Gumpert | May 15, 2007 | Uncategorized |
If you want a sense of just how strong the “germ theory” is in the medical profession, try engaging a physician about the subject of vaccination. It’s pretty much an ideological matter. Vaccination is beneficial, no matter how marginal the disease or...
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