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Originally Posted by Andrea
Report: Secret court order forces Verizon to turn over telephone records of millions
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/05/politics/nsa-verizon-records/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
"The U.S. government has obtained a top secret court order that requires Verizon to turn over the telephone records of millions of Americans to the National Security Agency on an "ongoing daily basis," the UK-based Guardian newspaper reported Wednesday."
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Similar to you, Andrea, I wonder about things of this nature: For example, I read the article as the media characterizing the subject (secret court order) as information being withheld from the general American populace in American media. I wonder about the decision making behind this type of 'court order' and why it was leaked in the British press, rather than the American press.
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Originally Posted by Andrea
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During my graduate studies, I did a six month long intense study of such things because there's a methadone clinic in my neighborhood, which the clinic has been a controversial chess piece in neighborhood wars, county funding wars or city project wars. What I learned by in-dept field interviews with constituents recieving services at the particular methadone clinic in my neighborhood was that doctors of patients were prescribing pain remedies (oxycontin, et al) and the vast majority of people I interviewed said that although they followed their doctors orders to a 'T' - when their pain remedy trajectory outweighed the expected outcome percieved by doctor treatment plans, they were catagorized as not having followed their doctors treatment plan; which landed them in outpatient programs, such as the methadone clinic, to address the unexpected outcome of a pain remedy treatment (a causation of dependency outcome, an not-expected/unanticipated outcome). My heart went out to a good number of people I interviewed because people relegated to a methadone clinic were not the type of people expected to be visiting a methadone clinic and I would say that most of the people I interviewed were very upset with the outcome of having explicity followed their doctors advice and treatment plan to the 'T', only to suffer a more compounded, unfortunate outcome. But I can totally understand the study results in the aformentioned study that you linked us to in your post, due to the results of the study I conducted at a graduate level.
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Originally Posted by Tommi
FDA Investigates Multistate Outbreak of Hepatitis A Illnesses Potentially Associated with a Frozen Fruit Blend
Posted June 6, 2013
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local officials are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Hepatitis A illnesses potentially associated with a frozen food blend. We are moving quickly to learn as much as possible and prevent additional people from becoming ill. We recognize that people will be concerned about this outbreak, and we will continue to provide updates and advice.
http://www.fda.gov/Food/RecallsOutbr.../ucm354698.htm
Nearly 50 reported cases of Hepatitis A in California and other states may be linked to contaminated Townsend Farmers Organic Anti-Oxidant frozen berries sold at Costco markets, according to the CDC. If you have consumed this product, or if you experience any signs or symptoms of Hepatitis, contact your personal physician immediately for treatment. Read the latest information from the CDC as well as what you should do if you've eaten these berries.
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Thank you for posting about the Hepatitis A outbreak, Tommi.
I wonder if epidemiology experts will soon be working toward narrowing in on other factors pertinent to this case.
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