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Workers Vanguard No. 962

30 July 2010

On Anti-Vaccine Hysteria

(Letter)

WV received the following undated letter on February 1.

Dear Comrades,

I am writing concerning your article, “Capitalist Reaction and Anti-Vaccine Hysteria.” I found the article to be accurate and informative.

I would like to point out a few things that confirm the accuracy of your article.

In the article you mentioned that vaccine development is covered by “eye dropper” funding while if you say terrorism then it is funded by the billions. I can see that here in Boston where we had to wait for flu vaccines. Meanwhile, however, the federal government is funding a bio-safety lab level 4 in a working class neighborhood. This facility will contain pathogens that are deadly and mostly incurable (see enclosed pamphlet).

You also mentioned that there is religious opposition to young girls receiving the HPV vaccine. While this is true it is also true that the HPV vaccine is beneficial to men as well in that the virus can cause colo-rectal cancer in gay men. Also most women get the virus from infected straight men.

You are also correct in your conclusion in that only in a healthy socialist society will the needs of humanity be taken care of instead of profit and superstitiousness.

Alan N.

 

Workers Vanguard No. 962

WV 962

30 July 2010

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Only Workers Revolution Can Liberate the Indian Masses

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Radical Lawyer Lynne Stewart Resentenced to 10 Years

Free Lynne Stewart, Mohamed Yousry, Ahmed Abdel Sattar!

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Cop Who Killed Oscar Grant Gets Slap on Wrist

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On Anti-Vaccine Hysteria

(Letter)

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(Quote of the Week)

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Haiti: Mass Misery Under Imperialist Occupation

All U.S./UN Troops Out!

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In Honor of Comrade Joe Verret

Founding Member of Spartacist League

1945–2010