Guest guest Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 I agree with your point 100%. and faced all those horrors but do you know what eventually killed ? Possibly the same thing harming our kids. and 's exhibition faced a certain unforseen " risk " at the hands of Rush (whose profile is on the seal of the American Psychiatric Association) who prescribed calomel (mercury pills) to the explorers to ward off the runs or syphilis or something. And Merriweather eventually went nuts and killed himself, in a bit of a madhatter fashion. Not brought down by a cougar or the frozen tundra but by medicine. > > Hey think about this one for a minute. Risks: From an engineering perspective, we identify Risks associated with a project, and then we attempt to mitigate those risks. > > Think of and and all the risks they faced on the journey west and back. No one was lost except for one who died of appendicitis. Think of all the risks they faced. .............................................................. ...wild animals, biting insects, hostile natives (some hostile, but most were extremely helpful), hunger, etc, etc, Yet none was lost due to these risks associated with mother nature. > > Ok, now then someone should do a risk-benefit analysis of the current vaccine schedule and compare those odds and the likelihood of being injured to the odds faced by and . Oh and by the way they spent a long winter in N. Dakota with tempts in the -20 F. You would have thought that and and his entire band of troopers would have died of the measle, mumps, rubella, diptheria, pertusis, and tetanus. They made their trek in 1804-5, how did they do it without the " miracle of vaccines? " Perhaps they trusted in something other than " vaccines? " > > hmmmmmmmm........makes you wonder, > > http://www.netflix.com/Movie/_and__The_Journey_of_the_Corps_ of_Discovery/70037259?trkid=226869 > > This video is a 3.5 hour documentary on the and Expedition to the West. > > Sorta helps put things in perspective does it not? > > Bob > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 As Mason said to Dixon, " You gotta draw the line somewhere. " > > Hey think about this one for a minute. Risks: From an engineering perspective, we identify Risks associated with a project, and then we attempt to mitigate those risks. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 Like Coca-Cola used to have actual cocaine in it, calomine may have at one time had " colomel " . I don't know for sure. Wiki it? > > > > Hey think about this one for a minute. Risks: From an engineering > perspective, we identify Risks associated with a project, and then we > attempt to mitigate those risks. > > > > Think of and and all the risks they faced on the > journey west and back. No one was lost except for one who died of > appendicitis. Think of all the risks they > faced. .............................................................. > ..wild animals, biting insects, hostile natives (some hostile, but > most were extremely helpful), hunger, etc, etc, Yet none was lost > due to these risks associated with mother nature. > > > > Ok, now then someone should do a risk-benefit analysis of the > current vaccine schedule and compare those odds and the likelihood of > being injured to the odds faced by and . Oh and by the > way they spent a long winter in N. Dakota with tempts in the -20 F. > You would have thought that and and his entire band of > troopers would have died of the measle, mumps, rubella, diptheria, > pertusis, and tetanus. They made their trek in 1804-5, how did they > do it without the " miracle of vaccines? " Perhaps they trusted in > something other than " vaccines? " > > > > hmmmmmmmm........makes you wonder, > > > > > http://www.netflix.com/Movie/_and__The_Journey_of_the_Corps_ > of_Discovery/70037259?trkid=226869 > > > > This video is a 3.5 hour documentary on the and > Expedition to the West. > > > > Sorta helps put things in perspective does it not? > > > > Bob > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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