- Joe
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of James Farmelant
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 12:03 PM
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Re: The uncertain path of scientific progress
>
>
> Presumably possible reason for the reported reluctance for testing
> the remaining frozen stocks of polio vaccine is the possible
> legal ramifications if Hooper's hypothesis was to be confirmed.
> One can easily imagine lawsuits demanding literally billions of
> dollars in damages being filed by AIDS victims. And no doubt
> many African governments would also be filing lawsuits to
> compensate for the devastation that AIDS has caused in
> their countries. Under such circumstances some of the
> great pharmaceutical houses could be driven into bankruptcy
> under the pressure of lawsuits not to speak of any of the other
> parties that were involved in either the development or the
> testing of the polio vaccines.
>
> Jim F.