tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33195626.post8593683975249690249..comments2023-10-18T03:54:15.636-05:00Comments on Plum and Blue: Why we are glad we are not parenting in the 19th centuryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08697016985940799359noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33195626.post-63863946625478338992007-10-20T22:12:00.000-05:002007-10-20T22:12:00.000-05:00I don't think my hideous imagination of that event...I don't think my hideous imagination of that event even comes close to the reality.<BR/><BR/>I find myself thanking my lucky stars on a frequent basis that I get to lead the life I do.<BR/><BR/>And then sometimes I feel extremely guilty about it. But still very thankful.Nicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16777159761996555760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33195626.post-87611612097782040962007-10-19T11:03:00.000-05:002007-10-19T11:03:00.000-05:00The thing is that situation isn't gone. Just this...The thing is that situation isn't gone. Just this week I saw a TV segment about a charitable medical organization that is now distributing a drug cocktail to cure worm infections other common diseases in Africa. Unfortunately I can't remember where I saw this but the story was... someone was i Africa and saw a worm crawl out of an African woman's body. He was appalled, started working toward fixing it. Someone came up with the idea of putting all these common disease medications into a single drug cocktail. And now they are in the first phase of distribution, which I believe is happening in Mali. The problem they've had is that it's a one-time treatment @ only $10 so drug companies aren't very interested because it's not profitable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33195626.post-72516538200112235722007-10-19T10:31:00.000-05:002007-10-19T10:31:00.000-05:00Was she happier than the average person nowadays? ...Was she happier than the average person nowadays? I'm convinced that despite their nomadic ways and muddy strife and toil, that since pioneers were actually getting somewhere, building things with their owns, making real lives, that their payoffs were greater than our current urban toil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33195626.post-865358665616112832007-10-18T10:24:00.000-05:002007-10-18T10:24:00.000-05:00Sweet mother of pearl, that's hideous. And yes, I ...Sweet mother of pearl, that's hideous. And yes, I ADORE modern medicine and the general lack of parasitical infections in Western children.<BR/>Shudder.Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953517447164263617noreply@blogger.com