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Delana has asked me to fwd to this main list her post to CARE, below. >Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 19:02:31 -0800 (PST) >From: Delana Vaughan <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Clinton's message about PD >Sender: "Caregivers Are Really Essential (CARE)" <[log in to unmask]> >To: Multiple recipients of list CARE <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-to: "Caregivers Are Really Essential (CARE)" ><[log in to unmask]> > >---------------------- Information from the mail header >----------------------- >Sender: "Caregivers Are Really Essential (CARE)" > <[log in to unmask]> >Poster: Delana Vaughan <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Clinton's message about PD >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Dear Everyone: > >I am just wondering what you all thought about Pres. Clinton's few words >about PD during his State of the Union address the other night. Though >I'm sure he thought he was helping, I don't think it did our cause any >good by making it sound like a (comprehensive) gene for PD was >discovered during the year and delineated "in just 9 days!" I could not >believe what I was hearing. It makes it sound like the PD problem is >solved (and so quickly) when in fact the "gene for PD" only represents a >small fraction of affected patients. > > Then tonite on some news magazine TV show, they showed Janet Reno at >work and were trying to assess just how bad her PD is affecting her by >checking out her tremor. Then they concluded with something like, "Isn't >it wonderful they detected her PD so early so they could 'treat' it. >It's amazing what they're able to do for PD these days." > >I am just wondering who is feeding all this PD's-all-taken-care-of >optimism to our vocal politicians and the news media. > >Your thoughts. > >Delana Vaughan > >CG 34 yrs for 2 in tandem > >P.S. The Mirapex table is coming. Our CARE computer whiz is working on >it for me(us). > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >