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From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems)
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Subject: Re: This has gone much too far!
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Date: Mon, 3-Jun-85 15:10:25 EDT
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> 	Let me just correct one misconception that keeps cropping up and
> then let's drop the whole subject.

Hmmm, seems that the trend continues.  'Let me get the last
word in, then all the rest of you just be quiet' is usually
indicative of a desire to back out of something without
getting burned in the process *OR* a desire to force ones
views on others without equal time.  Wonder which it is ...

> 	The original study I cited was for RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.  It lasted
> 5 years.  Ten years AFTER THE STUDY WAS OVER, it was shown that 5 people
> who had participated in it had gotten cancer. All five of these had been in
> the control group however, had not recieved any drug, and therefore the fact
> that they got cancer is just a coincidence.  (This was an older population,
> it happens.)

Not even the much talked about Placebos?

> Now we've been though it before.  Let's all save the net a lot of phone
> bills, and please do not respond to this article.
> -- 
> 				Craig Werner

Craig, some friendly advice.  Actions have consequences.  Asking
for them to go away rarely works.  If you don't like the outcomes
of your actions, try changing the actions.  BTW, a plea to 'let me
have the last word'  is a sure bet for generating a response; this
is the net afterall :-)
-- 

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