Dear Editor: Lam writing in response to Mr. Sagert’s letter “Vaccinations for dogs ques- tioned™. (Sunday, Dee. 3). 1 think that people who se quickly brush aside vaccina- tions as harmful practices for- get, or simply do nor know the great marvels that vac- cines have bestowed on humanity. Diseases such as polio have been nearly eradi- MAIL Box: nes have he cated from the world. Had vaccines been around earlier our own) prime minister would probably aot have fall- en ill to this horrible disease. Smallpox has been completely wiped out of existence thanks to vaccines. Hepatitis can be con- trolled with vaccines. These are all communicable diseases thar vaccines prevent. Yes, a healthy lifestyle will strrength- Why remain in Dear Editor: fam trying to make some sense abour Ms. ilana Mercer’s views, and they Seem to be quite contradic- tory. ; A while ago, during the ongoing health issue debate, she praised the medical sys- tem in her country of origin, South Africa, where the doc- "tors were. forced to “com. ~ pete” for her as a patient. In another column she described her idyHic life in [srael, where Jews and Arabs were welcomed into her house as equal and friends. In spite of all this past happiness she moved to Canada, where — sothing seems to be of her liking. The politicians are cor- rupt, the health system endangered the life of one of her children, the laws are Watch out, bears » Dear Editor: if Please be aware that bear : activity is continuing in our « . neighbourhoods. As recently as Saturday night, Nov. 18, a “very large bear -hetped him- . .- self to two neighbours’ = garbage and spread it “ around.” et We have all been remind ed throughout. the ; spring, “summer, and fall via newspa- per. articles, TV news and notices in our house tax bill, - to keep our garbage indoors until the morning of. collec- tions’ Unfortunately, this is ~ not always the case and the dangerous season seems to have been extended. I am sure we all want our neighbourhood to be a safe environment for the pedes- trians, ~ young children, seniors .etc. who walk the streets. This bear is considered dangerous as it has lunged at people behind a glass win- dow, who were watching it eating garbage. The RCMP have been called on this and other occa- sions. The. bear has also approached people who were outdoors in his vicinity. en your immune system: but that is not normally esough for such things as the afore- mentioned diseases. Furthermore, the need for annual booster shots is net, as Mr. Sagert. indicated, evi- dence that vaccines do aot work. They are necessary to increase the body's titer lev- els, or amount of antibody present. These naturally decline with time (even with a his cou either too lax or too restric- tive, our freedoms endan- gered, the taxes much too high and the benefits far too low, Lately, we have learned that even her husband has moved down south, where the pay is better, taxes lower and the medical plans superi- or, along with his Ph.D., but, so far, without Ms. Mereer. Without getting involved For those folks who are without benefit of garage or locking shed, 1 am sure you can come up with a workable ‘solution. The end goal is partase indoors and secured.. How you achieve this is up to you. Again, I am sure we all want a safe and comfortable environment, This is a very serious situ- ation. Thanks for your . immediate attention to this matter. . Judith Brook Judith Brook@SierraSystems.com completely natural immune response) and boosters simply ensure that if the disease is encountered, the body will be prepared to cradicate it. Perhaps in North America we are somewhat isolated fram many diseases that ravage the rest of the world and there- fore cannot fully appreciate the impact that vaccines have. Tommy Gerschman West Vancouver ntry? in family matters, one won- ders, if everything is so bad here and so great there, why is she still unnecessarily: suf- fering in this wretched coun- try. 1 know chat, when she goes, it will be difficult tw imagine a world without her words of wisdom but we might survive. 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