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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 659972" data-attributes="member: 18958">I agree that this is wrong, Cedar. The drug companies were given immunity by the government from lawsuits at some point in time. For expediency.It was after one episode of crisis, and the drug companies were refusing any more to make vaccines. So, over the barrel the government agreed to idemnify, is that the word, the drug companies from any risk. They set aside a token fund, to compensate affected people.With that, any financial incentive for the drug companies for safety and responsibility ended.I know.Me, too. My politics are on the far liberal part of the spectrum. But on the issue of abortion, I very much deviate. I was born at 6 mos. plus and spent 3 months in an incubator. I could have been aborted.As my Mother became ill, and lost functioning (we opted that she get a feeding tube, believing that she could recover), her life became more precious to me, and she wanted to live, still.I became so aware, then, that life is precious no matter what, that there is no this or that function or this or that circumstance that permits another human being to pass judgment on which life is worthy or not.I became very religious during that time, in the sense, I believed that only G-d, the divine decides life or death. Not a another human, acting as if G-d.One is very, very alone in this circumstance, as you know. Had I known the power and responsibility beforehand that came with the decision to take sole responsibility for my mother, I think I might have been afraid to do it.And now, the experience has cast a pall over my life. Before, I felt in late youth. After, I felt in early decline.&nbsp; That is what has to change.Thank you, Cedar.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 659972, member: 18958"] I agree that this is wrong, Cedar. The drug companies were given immunity by the government from lawsuits at some point in time. For expediency. It was after one episode of crisis, and the drug companies were refusing any more to make vaccines. So, over the barrel the government agreed to idemnify, is that the word, the drug companies from any risk. They set aside a token fund, to compensate affected people. With that, any financial incentive for the drug companies for safety and responsibility ended. I know. Me, too. My politics are on the far liberal part of the spectrum. But on the issue of abortion, I very much deviate. I was born at 6 mos. plus and spent 3 months in an incubator. I could have been aborted. As my Mother became ill, and lost functioning (we opted that she get a feeding tube, believing that she could recover), her life became more precious to me, and she wanted to live, still. I became so aware, then, that life is precious no matter what, that there is no this or that function or this or that circumstance that permits another human being to pass judgment on which life is worthy or not. I became very religious during that time, in the sense, I believed that only G-d, the divine decides life or death. Not a another human, acting as if G-d. One is very, very alone in this circumstance, as you know. Had I known the power and responsibility beforehand that came with the decision to take sole responsibility for my mother, I think I might have been afraid to do it. And now, the experience has cast a pall over my life. Before, I felt in late youth. After, I felt in early decline. That is what has to change. Thank you, Cedar. [/QUOTE]

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