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October 24, 2001

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Vaccines and Risks

RE: ( " Immune to Reason

<http://interactive.wsj.com/archive/retrieve.cgi?id=SB1003793932611879080.dj

m & template=doclink.tmpl> " ) You correctly state that " ... in modern

risk-phobic America, public agencies bend to the nearest political pressure "

and this " bio-terrorism " threat is the same. The so-called threat has killed

four people and harmed 10 or so others. Far from an epidemic. It is the

fear, which you are feeding, which is the epidemic which you can help

control by being more responsible in your writing. Also, so far, only one

case of diphtheria has been suspected. What America needs is a level head to

get back to normal, not the hysteria which your paper continually feeds

into.

Craig Appel

San Francisco

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Your " Review and Outlook " piece, " Immune to Reason " , while well-intentioned,

left out critical information, including the fact that the absence of

evidence in this and many other vaccine-related issues does not mean the

notion has been disproved. The problem really is, what does one trust -

vaccine manufacturer generated or influenced reassurances, or the mounting

evidence from countless parents who insist their children's declines in

mental and/or physical health occurred because of vaccination? If one opts

for the parents, then the push will be for unbiased research, conducted by

those who have no vested interest in the outcome. Only then might we have

confidence in any reassurances, were they to result.

Sandy Mintz

Anchorage, Alaska

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