上礼拜五碰见同事Lisa，聊起周末计划，她说“I'm going to a memorial in Berkeley but you don't want to hear about it..." 为什么呢？原来这是一个十五岁的小女孩Jenny,原来健康活泼的她十三岁打了Gardasil的抗HPV的最后一针疫苗后健康状况江河日下，很快全身瘫痪，直到两个礼拜前离世。HPV是一种只通过性传播的病毒，给青少年女孩子打预防针是为了未雨绸缪，以防HPV引起的子宫颈癌。Gardasil的疫苗据说很有效，没啥副作用，可是偏偏有五六起类似Jenny的例子，反应严重到死亡。
我听完了第一反应就是："I don't want even the slightest chance that my Chloe should go through this. I hope this vaccine is not mandated."
Lisa说:"it's not mandated YET, but it looks like it will be soon. It's difficult to say no...how do you weigh the vast majority benefiting versus just a tiny proportion suffering? Besides, it's hard to establish a causal relationship. You are an economist,and you know about this..."
听完了我无话可说。就说我对毛小姐早早开始教育，希望不用打HPV疫苗， 可是毛小姐以一岁半的小小年纪，已经打了十好几针各色防疫针，每一针几乎都有警告说可能有"severe side effects ". 万一小概率事件发生了怎么办？我知道就是开车送毛小姐上幼儿园也会有车祸的可能性，无论我如何小心。可作为一个患得患失的妈妈，我只觉得人生到处都是陷阱， 打个针也能出事。。。
Monday, March 30, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Wise or Otherwise
礼拜一坐在办公室直犯困，决定写点儿好玩儿的提提神。话说那天David为了新女朋友召集一个board game night, 我们玩得是“Wise or Otherwise”,就是大家跟着前半句谚语续后半句，然后坐庄的把所有的答案（正确的在内）念出来大家选，选对的和被别人选中的都加分。大家基本上狂笑了一整晚，下面是我们的部分答案。猜猜看哪个是正确的，哪个是Mootisse的狗尾续貂？，
1. There is an African old saying that the nose does not know …
a) because the nostrils face downward
b) the color of the sky
c) the directing it’s pointing to
d) the flavor of the salt
2. There is a Spanish old saying that if every fool carried a stick, …
a) then every church would have been full
b) then the forest would be gone
c) then firewood would be scarce
d) then there would be fewer trees
3. There is a French old saying that the chicken that has pretty plumage
a) isn’t the chick that lays eggs
b) is still not the peacock
c) does not live long
d) does not sit the corner
e) lays fewer eggs.
4. There is a Russian old saying that the cat that eats the candle
a) catches fewer mice
b) should sit in the dark
c) has lights in its eyes
d) does not has the sweetest breath
5. There is a Nigerian old saying that even if the tree snake is long,
a) it still can’t pretend to be a branch
b) it still can’t swallow a giraffe
c) it still can’t kill an elephant
d) it still can’t sleep on two antlers
6. There is an old West African saying that a blacksmith has no need of
a) axe
b) a boat to cross river
c) health insurance
d) a square horseshoe
e) a plow
1. There is an African old saying that the nose does not know …
a) because the nostrils face downward
b) the color of the sky
c) the directing it’s pointing to
d) the flavor of the salt
2. There is a Spanish old saying that if every fool carried a stick, …
a) then every church would have been full
b) then the forest would be gone
c) then firewood would be scarce
d) then there would be fewer trees
3. There is a French old saying that the chicken that has pretty plumage
a) isn’t the chick that lays eggs
b) is still not the peacock
c) does not live long
d) does not sit the corner
e) lays fewer eggs.
4. There is a Russian old saying that the cat that eats the candle
a) catches fewer mice
b) should sit in the dark
c) has lights in its eyes
d) does not has the sweetest breath
5. There is a Nigerian old saying that even if the tree snake is long,
a) it still can’t pretend to be a branch
b) it still can’t swallow a giraffe
c) it still can’t kill an elephant
d) it still can’t sleep on two antlers
6. There is an old West African saying that a blacksmith has no need of
a) axe
b) a boat to cross river
c) health insurance
d) a square horseshoe
e) a plow
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