From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Thu Jul 15 2004 - 13:08:52 BST
Hi Mel, John, All
> > Ant McWatt comments:
> >
> > Firstly, the Sun is as much a newspaper as a surfboard is a reliable
> > means
> of trans-Atlantic transport. There's no way the Sun could be perceived as
> a credible or seriously unbiased medium and certainly wouldn't be
> acceptable in an academic context. <snip>
For some reason I didn't get McWatt's post where he penned the above, nor
have I received a copy of post I sent in response to Mel's comments about
Islam. Hopefully they will show up soon. Meanwhile, here's a confirming
story about the sorry state of the NHS in Briton from another news source,
Sky News:
"Killer Superbugs Soar In Hospitals
Killer superbugs are now out of control with 5,000 people a year dying
from viruses picked up in hospitals says a damning report. Health chiefs
have been slammed for allowing patients to be treated in filthy hospitals
where the number of patients contracting infections is soaring.The numbers
of blood infections from Staphylococcus aureus has gone up almost 8% from
17,933 in 2001-02 to 19,311 in 2003-04 - of these 40% were a strain of the
deadly MRSA.
Britain has the highest infection rate in Europe for MRSA which is
resistant to most antibiotics.
The report says our hospitals are dirtier than those in countries such as
Romania.
Staff are still not washing their hands properly says the report but this
is not because they are lazy.
Nurses and other staff are so overworked they don't have time to use the
bathroom."
What sources are and are not "acceptable" in an academic context raises
all sorts of questions. But for now I'll let it pass. I'll simply say that
if one considers a UN "Human Development" report as unbiased, he ought to
consider how many members of the UN represent socialist countries who have
national health plans vis a vis the U.S.
Platt
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