These "stars" are adored and idealised my many, many impressionable people and when they make idiotic statements which discredit science and medicine they do real damage.
Powell >But, what's even more interesting is that so many people on this list, and >throughout the world, care about the personal ramblings and private lives >of people like Cruise,and Brad Pitt, and so on. These people are ~ACTORS~ >and it's in their blood to act in ways that grab our attention and keep >themselves visible in the media. Sometimes they do or say things that are >over the top, or outside the mainstream. BFD ... The lives and behavior of >these people, for me, starts and stops when I pay my admission to the movie >theater, or rent a DVD from NetFlix. > >Shel

