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lightcastle) wrote2009-10-30 12:32 pm
lightcastle) wrote2009-10-30 12:32 pm
Linkspam and News
Well, the router at my parents' place is busted, so I am in a cafe and otherwise unproductive.
From all over, people are running with the "Discoverer of Gardasil says it is worse than cancer" hack job. As many on my flist have already commented on, it's a misrepresentation of her position.
Some graphical representation of some risks involving vaccines.
An article or two discussing the controversy. (Please note there are two stories circulating - one on Gardasil and the other on Cervarix. Both quote Harper from a talk earlier this month. From all reports Harper is critic of Merck's marketing campaign for Gardasil and thinks it is being oversold. At the same time, she supports HPV vaccines in general.
The municipal election in Montreal is Sunday (I cannot vote) and I am wondering whether Boston or Montreal has a more corrupt local government.
From mzrowan: The guy who wrote a song about United breaking his guitar has had his baggage lost... by United.
(Since the word "Ironic" has been tossed around, I link to this Language Log discussion as to whether or not irony is universal in human language. Yes, that song is brought up in comments.)
And, from Crack'd: Foreign rip-offs that are better than the originals
From all over, people are running with the "Discoverer of Gardasil says it is worse than cancer" hack job. As many on my flist have already commented on, it's a misrepresentation of her position.
Some graphical representation of some risks involving vaccines.
An article or two discussing the controversy. (Please note there are two stories circulating - one on Gardasil and the other on Cervarix. Both quote Harper from a talk earlier this month. From all reports Harper is critic of Merck's marketing campaign for Gardasil and thinks it is being oversold. At the same time, she supports HPV vaccines in general.
The municipal election in Montreal is Sunday (I cannot vote) and I am wondering whether Boston or Montreal has a more corrupt local government.
From mzrowan: The guy who wrote a song about United breaking his guitar has had his baggage lost... by United.
(Since the word "Ironic" has been tossed around, I link to this Language Log discussion as to whether or not irony is universal in human language. Yes, that song is brought up in comments.)
And, from Crack'd: Foreign rip-offs that are better than the originals