Re: [FLPERMACULTURE] Fwd: New York Trying to Make ALL Vaccines Mandatory!

2008-05-29 Thread Bethany Schroeder
The use of antibacterial soap and immunizing against diseases as devastating as TB are simply not the same thing. I agree that we overprotect ourselves with obsessive cleansing of our own surfaces and those of our surroundings, and I also believe that we overuse antibiotics, something Garrett and o

Re: [FLPERMACULTURE] Fwd: New York Trying to Make ALL Vaccines Mandatory!

2008-05-29 Thread Andy Goodell
I can understand why vaccinations are important, but at the same time, it is not something which everyone will agree with. What would happen if antibacterial soap was required by everyone? It seems like something that would help health, but I would oppose using it on a regular basis. I believe t

Re: [FLPERMACULTURE] Fwd: New York Trying to Make ALL Vaccines Mandatory!

2008-05-29 Thread Bethany Schroeder
I second Joe's note of caution. I've been involved with public health for many years and have seen the increased number of people, especially kids, with preventable infectious diseases due to a lack of immunization. Some of you may be aware that we in Tompkins County recently had a serious outb

[FLPERMACULTURE] Fwd: June 5 Meeting on County Comprehensive Plan

2008-05-29 Thread Karryn Olson-Ramanujan
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[FLPERMACULTURE] Please take me off the mailing list

2008-05-29 Thread O'Hara Khumpani
 I love what yawl are doing but I no longer live in the Fingerlakes region. Thanks, Khumpani ___ fingerlakespermaculture@lists.mutualaid.org listserv RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information: http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listin

Re: [FLPERMACULTURE] Fwd: New York Trying to Make ALL Vaccines Mandatory!

2008-05-29 Thread Thomas Shelley
Dear Friends--I whole heartedly endorse Joe Wetmore's position on vaccines. If we lived in a third world country with pandemics of preventable diseases, we would be begging for vaccines to prevent the mass death of our loved ones. For some to refuse vaccines at the peril of the public health

Re: [FLPERMACULTURE] Fwd: New York Trying to Make ALL Vaccines Mandatory!

2008-05-29 Thread Joseph Wetmore
Hi We live in a time when infectious diseases are relatively under control, and have been for most of the population's lives. This has caused people to be more afraid of the Vaccines than the diseases then prevent. This is unfortunate. Tuberculosis, meningitis, pertussis, poliomyelitis, diphtheri

[FLPERMACULTURE] Fwd: New York Trying to Make ALL Vaccines Mandatory!

2008-05-29 Thread Karryn Olson-Ramanujan
From: "Leah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: May 29, 2008 11:18:40 AM EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [funschooling] New York Trying to Make ALL Vaccines Mandatory! Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Call Today to Stop Worst Vaccine Bill Ever in New York Take Action! ALL FEDERAL SHOTS WILL BECOME