Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 16:38:54 -0700 From: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Use of the UNIX Trademark Message-ID: <20011012163854.B11769@darkstar.gte.net> In-Reply-To: <20011013011135.B343@lpt.ens.fr>; from rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in on Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 01:11:35AM %2B0200 References: <20011010233539.G83192@lpt.ens.fr> <007f01c15220$a92e4ee0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> <20011011095845.B475@lpt.ens.fr> <3BC560CC.265B97BC@mindspring.com> <20011011151552.B26149@lpt.ens.fr> <3BC737D8.1A856AFA@mindspring.com> <20011013011135.B343@lpt.ens.fr>
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On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 01:11:35AM +0200, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > Terry Lambert said on Oct 12, 2001 at 11:35:04: > > Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > > > > We still don't have anything for malaria beyond quinine, > > > > > > > > Actually, we have a vaccine. > > > > > > References? > > > Certainly, there isn't one in general use. > > > > My father took it before his trip to the Amazon with the > > University of Pennsylvania alumni association. It made > > him sick as a dog for a good two weeks. > > > > It's generally available from any doctor in the U.S., if > > you have a reason to get it. > > I kind of doubt it. As David Scheidt wrote in another mail, it's a > topic of active research. There are some preliminary vaccines in the > trial process, but given what you yourself wrote about the long-drawn > testing process in the US, I doubt your father would have been given > those unless he was part of these trial groups. Certainly, it's not > "generally available." > > > You can also get immunized for Hepatitus A & B, there is > > an experimental vaccine for C, and you can get one for > > tuberculosis, smallpox, anthrax, and a number of others, > > Sure. Smallpox is eradicated, or so everyone hopes, and vaccines for > others are well known but not recommended except for risk groups; > also, the common vaccine for tuberculosis (BCG) doesn't always work -- > some say it hardly ever works. But we were talking of malaria. Oregon requires (innoculation against) Hep B for entry into public school or licensed preschool / daycare, etc. And Hep A is suggested. From what I hear, my wife's friends in Canada are preplexed that we innoculate for chicken pox. Some things are bad to be the leader in. [RC] > > R > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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