On Wed, 9 Dec 1998 22:09:43 +0000, Katie Law wrote:
>Waste of time.
Why?
>Not suitable in this country.
Why? Are there no rotavirus infection in this country?
Do you know how many it affects?
Do you know how many get admitted to hospital?
Do you know the morbidity and mortality figures?
>>Should it be public policy?
>
>Hang on, slow down - where's the evidence? what exactly would we be
>trying to prevent? How common a problem is it in this country? Is it a
>medical/economic problem?
These questions are for better minds than mine. Thought the list gets
excited about clinical stuff :-)
>If you mention the words *public policy* the government will decide it
>*should be done* and before you know it we will have it added to our
>targets ... No! No! No! No! No! No!
If it is a good thing, why not?
Ahmad
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