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Such stitch-in-time wisdom should be obvious to cash-strapped governments trying to do more with less, but at the moment there's no single national figure teaching the preparedness lesson. In the 1980s, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop helped calm the early hysteria over AIDS, telling the well how to stay that way and reminding them that in the meantime there was no reason to fear the sick. Thompson and Ridge, national doctors without a medical degree between them, have been no match for that kind of performance. Even Satcher has not achieved the same iconic status. During...
...been nearly three months since the first deadly case of anthrax surfaced in Florida. And while much of the attendant hysteria has dissipated, myriad questions have not. Where did the spores come from? Who sent them? Are there more contaminated letters still in circulation? While little is known for sure, the ongoing investigation has yielded some clues as to the bacteria's origin. Meanwhile, health officials are offering some workers a new way to keep anthrax - and, they hope, fear...
Terrorist hysteria has common sense by the throat. No one wants a sequel to Sept. 11, and it’s only with best intentions that we’ve deployed M-16 toting National Guardsmen to airports nationwide. But Logan Airport wasn’t the target of terrorism on Sept. 11, it was only the vehicle. M-16s would not have changed a thing. With the same well-intended logic that has soldiers in our airports, the troops could be in stadiums, malls, busy streets and anywhere else that might be associated with a terrorist threat. Then America...
...think that some of the hysteria about applying early might be abating, as far as getting in goes,” he said...
America’s collective sadness has unfortunately resulted in reticence to engage in other traditionally fun activities, like going to the movies, attending sports games and vacationing abroad. Even the Harvard community has struggled with the question of an appropriate level of festivity after Sept. 11. Emotional hysteria following the attack saw the postponement of the first-year mixer “Singled Out,” and the cancellation of intramurals between houses, such as the Adams-Pfoho War. Similar concerns for propriety must not prevail at Harvard tonight...