>I found this in a reprinted Harper's Index that unfortunately didn't have
>the footnotes that come with the original, nor the date of the original:
>
><quote>
>
>"Ratio of number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq to the number who have
>been airlifted out because of illness: 1:5"
>
><unquote>
>
>I assume this must be from a relatively recent Harper's. If someone has
>it handy, could you tell me what the footnoted source is? I'd like to
>learn more about this stat.
>
Dunno if this is relevant to the above, but _Salon_ recently ran a piece
about the various vaccines U.S. troops are required to take-- and how
they're not especially safe.