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2004-03-18 Africa: Subsaharan

Nigerian Leader Vouches for Polio Vaccine

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Posted by Steve White 2004-03-18 11:43:17 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And except for growing monkey tails and pig snouts, it's fine.

Posted by ed 2004-3-18 12:11:19 AM|| 2004-3-18 12:11:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I think the Nigerian stance has been pretty ridiculous so far, but I am beginning to look at the polio issue from a different angle. AIDS is so rampant in Africa that the whole continent is probably fertile soil for the germination of whatever paranoid conspiracy theory flutters in on the wind.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-3-18 10:51:18 AM|| 2004-3-18 10:51:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Independent tests on controversial polio vaccines used in Nigeria show they are safe, Nigeria's president said Wednesday in a bid to ease Muslim fears the vaccines are contaminated with HIV and other deadly diseases.

Why? If Muslims don't want to be vaccinated, leave them alone. Quarantine the areas where the people are being bamboozled by their clerics and let them all die out. All these efforts to accomodate medieval types is just a waste of time, effort, and money. Best to spend it all on people who want help, instead of those who feel that such help has to be questioned.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-3-18 12:43:12 PM|| 2004-3-18 12:43:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 And across the globe we find two polar opposites for the crazy mullahs - Two on the student Senate say that a blood-drive query is discriminatory. (WND)

Posted by Super Hose 2004-3-18 5:57:32 PM|| 2004-3-18 5:57:32 PM|| Front Page Top

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