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Gut reflex from some other websites where questioning the balance between public health and patient desires isn't welcome.
by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 10:25:07 AM EST
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"desires" not needs?

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 10:30:05 AM EST
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Typo - I meant to say "public health needs" and "patient desires" - if that makes more sense...
by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 10:45:23 AM EST
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Public health wrt infectious diseases isn't exactly the best environment for individual liberty...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 10:48:07 AM EST
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Communist! Individual liberty is nonnegotiable.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 10:54:42 AM EST
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Well, in the US system, germs' individual liberty is respected...

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
by Melanchthon on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 11:02:28 AM EST
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