Re: Zero Powers' recent post

From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Mon Feb 21 2000 - 20:53:16 MST


Bill Douglass wrote:

> Smoking: I don't advocate smoking, but it is worth noting that smokers
> almost never get Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease.

There is an experimental Alzheimer's drug which has a chemical cousin
to nicotine. Dont know the details.

> implants are harmful, on a par with smoking? Just because some trial
> lawyers and non-scientist juries have said so?

I am astounded that such cases are decided by juries: its a conflict of
interest. The jury sees pitiful cases of disabled fill-in-the-blank, and
they must at some time realize that if this big deep pockets company
pays the bill, then it wont be paid even indirectly by their taxes. Clear
case of conflict of interest. Such cases should be decided by a group
of European scientists. spike



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