Earthquake

[xoxoxoBruce]

Even if we had given them tons of aid, I seriously doubt rebar would have been included, just for the reasons you stated.

[SamIam]

Spexx is going to hold on to his argument, no matter what we say. His heart is in the right place, he just hasn't thought the issue through.

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by jinx

Spexx edited his post obviously.

Yeah. i don't go in for that quoting and changing what was said business

[SamIam]

Probably one of the best things we could do for third world countries is to provide birth control for those women who want it. Under Bush, the US stopped funding many family planning programs because the religous right connected abortion with birth control. But the US has never funded abortions and they are illegal in many third world countries. Ever growing population densities mean the poor get poorer as there is less and less land and food per capita. Obama has begun to change US policies back to providing birth control methods for third world nations. Haiti is mostly Catholic, though, so I don't know if the availability of birth control would have helped them much or not.

[jinx]

What do you think all those tetanus vaccine campaigns are about?

[SamIam]

They would have been the perfect thing for Haiti. Unfortunately, that article is 15 years old and gives no author, so I am rather skeptical.

[Pete Zicato]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

the irony, dar, was his use of the incorrect spelling whilst calling someone else stupid.

He must have fixed it after your post then, 'cause it was correct when I read it.

[jinx]

Ok. Here's 2 more on the topic.

Placental transfer of tetanus toxoid antibodies in Nigerian mothers.

The geometric mean of the ratio of cord blood to maternal antibody levels for Nigerian pairs was lower than that of the UK pairs (0.776 vs. 1.306), suggesting a flaw in the transplacental transfer of antibodies. Possible mechanisms involved in blocking placental transfer of tetanus toxoid antibodies may be high maternal IgG levels and heavy malarial placental infection. This block of placental transfer of antibodies affects current immunization programs and necessitates further study.

Fertility regulating and immunotherapeutic
vaccines reaching human trials stage

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Oh, I see. Just what merc did with rediculous.

But it's just an old mod trick...only with less window of opportunity.

Aww, don't be ashamed and change your posts for misspellings. Only do so if you regret name-calling and want to hide the proof.

I do it often because I don't see it until after I go back and re-read it or some spelling nazi jumps on it.

[glatt]

Nothing wrong with making a spelling mistake. But if you are calling someone dumb, or pointing out their grammar/spelling mistakes, and you make one in the same post, well then, you deserve to be ridiculed.

[TheMercenary]

Yea, but I didn't do that. That was someone else.

[lumberjim]

that's one of those internet rules isn't it? something like calling someone stupid increases the chances of your making a grammatical error by double?

[glatt]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Yea, but I didn't do that. That was someone else.

True. It wasn't you.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

that's one of those internet rules isn't it? something like calling someone stupid increases the chances of your making a grammatical error by double?

I make tons of grammatical error and spelling errors. Eh, I fix what I can see. I think faster than my fingers.

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by jinx

Ok. Here's 2 more on the topic.

Placental transfer of tetanus toxoid antibodies in Nigerian mothers.



Fertility regulating and immunotherapeutic
vaccines reaching human trials stage

I respect the amount of research you have done on the topic of vaccines, but I don't agree with you. I know we are not going to change one another's minds, so lets agree to disagree.

That said, I would be very much opposed to giving ANY woman birth control without her knowledge. The problem with the US program until recently was that birth control methods were not made available to third world women who wanted them. Every woman has the right to choose her own reproductive destiny. Over population is the root of many ills in the third world. If we could help developing nations put a curb on this problem, it would be one of the most economical and effective methods of aid that we could provide.