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Dr. Walt’s Comments on the Health Headlines – May 21, 2008

 

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HAS PARLIAMENT IN BRITAN GONE CRAZY?

Earlier this week, the British Parliament voted on an amendment to allow the creation of animal-human for experimentation.

If the law is passed, it will push Britain, as the FRC says, “deeper into science’s uncharted waters than any other country in the world.”

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Team of Family Physicians in Myanmar - Report #3

 

Dr. Walt has received another report from a spouse of one of the team members of the Family Physicians from the U.S. that crossed the Thailand border into Myanmar and are providing medical mission work in the devastated delta of Myanmar. 

If you want to send the team a message, through me, please post your note below.

Here’s the note she sent to Dr. Walt:

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Family Physicians in Earthquake Ravaged China

 

Dr. Walt went to medical school with a college friend, Keith Morgan. They have been dear friends ever since.

Dr. Morgan and his wife, Cindy, have been serving as medical missionaries in Macao, China, for almost 30 years. Part of their ministry has been setting up a Family Medicine Residency in China, and Dr. Walt had the privilege of teaching there a couple of years ago.

We’ve just received a report from a team from the Macao Family Medicine Residency who are serving in the earthquake ravaged area of China. We hope you’ll keep them in your prayers. Here’s their report:

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Vaccine Myth #6: It’s Better to Be Naturally Infected Than Immunized

It is true that natural infection almost always causes better immunity than vaccination. In fact, only the Hib and tetanus vaccines are better at inducing immunity than natural infection.

Natural infection causes immunity after just one infection, but vaccines usually create immunity only after several doses over a period of time.

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