joelphillips

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• Commented on Polling Booth: The Vaccination Debate
  Hand sanitizer (alcohol) is effective against flu viruses: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_sanitizer http://microbiology.suite101.com/article.cfm/alcohol_based_hand_cleansers http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/07/does-hand-sanitizer-kill-bacteria-and-viruses/ There's good information about there about flu transmission: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/infectioncontrol/longtermcare.htm There is no evidence that vaccines (at least, the MMR vaccine) cause autism. Here's a great article on what happened...
• Commented on Georgetown Rail Corridor Expansion Approved
  I'd love there to be electric trains. However, from David McKay's sustainable energy book, a diesel high speed train (we're not even getting high speed) is about 3 times as efficient as a bus and about 8 times as efficient...
• Commented on When Trash = Cash
  If you want to insist on throwing around blanket insults based on moral absolutes like "Scab", maybe we need to start using a similar word to describe the union members whose strike vote has meant that thousands of temporary summer...
• Commented on City Workers' Frustration Plane to See
  If the unions are going to spend money on public communications then it would be nice to see them have a go at saying clearly somewhere exactly what it is that they are striking for (beyond "fairness and respect") rather...
• Commented on Vaughan Slows the Entertainment District Beat
  The right-hand lane of Adelaide is a bike route into downtown for a lot of people. It would be a shame to lose it....