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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
right. "to see if you could escape." mm hm. of course.  |
Tell you what -- when you're in that situation, you find out who your friends are really quick. I was at the mercy of my fellow medics; I couldn't begin to get myself out of that thing!
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Originally Posted by kennyc
and what is it with this Ft Hood thing! Man! I can hardly believe this could happen in the service at an army base and by a medical/psychological doctor!
That plus the fact that a friend of my son's just died of swine flu while stationed at a local base really makes me wonder about the state of the military....
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I wouldn't worry too much about the Fort Hood fiasco. As horrible as it was, it appears to be an isolated act committed by a lone perpetrator.
I don't know how that "local base" you mentioned is dealing with swine flu, so I can't really say anything directly. What I do know is that a large number of people, under the guidance of such towering figures of scientific literacy as Rush Limbaugh on the right and Jim Kerry on the left, have chosen to forgo the swine flu shot. Being a member of the Armed Services, and thus considered to be government property, I don't know if your son's friend had the option to forego the shot. (I would love to get the shot, but it's not available for folks like me yet. The young and the pregnant are being given first dibs.)
In my opinion, the real problem with our military is that they are overstretched, overburdened, and underfunded. It's not a good situation.