Yesterday I mentioned the controversy over needle exchange programs as an analogy to the objection the administration has to providing heroin anti-OD kits containing Narcan to drug users. In a bit of good timing, the LA Times has an article about a 73-year-old HIV+ lay preacher, of all people, who was on arrested while working a needle exchange program--which remain illegal in his home state, Texas.
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I must confess, I had a rather rough time yesterday. Actually, it's been a rough winter, at least as far as my car is concerned.
Studying the efficacy (effect under controlled conditions) and effectiveness (effect under real world conditions) of vaccines is a tricky business we've talked a lot about here. How do you know when someone has really gotten the vaccine? Just because you stuck the needle into them?
The Tennessee Physiological Society held their annual conference on October 9th at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Here are highlights from the meeting:
Read on my GoogleNews today:
Is that a death penalty offense in Texas?? If it is....I'm sure it will be stoning instead of The Chair
I like the "2%" quote in there. Haha.
Hey - I just found your blog. I love it! Keep up the good work. I especially like all the citations, if only the local newscasters and newspapers used half as many citations as you do...
Ah, back to the Dark Ages.
Bill Day, who has AIDS, calls his needle-exchange effort a "moral imperative."
The above is from your link. This is a poignant example of how diametrically opposed someone's conscience and the law can be sometimes. Too bad! I hope he gets out of it!
Dave Briggs :~)
At first glance, it makes sense to NOT condone those sorts of measures, but reading your post made me realize the difference between my personal judgments and public policy. Whoa, it's very important not to blend the two together.
Here's a hilarious comic strip that illustrates your argument.
http://www.bigfatwhale.com/archives/bfw_245_big.gif?