Wednesday, March 17, 2004
News you need to know
Is it just me, or is the Montreal news story about the un-certified acupuncturist and her dirty needles kind of a non-story? A bunch of people are at a very tiny risk of being infected with something -- noone knows what because noone is actually infected as far as we know. And acupuncturists don't require certification in many parts of Canada, so the fact that she wasn't certified and what that might mean isn't really something we need to look into urgently.
I certainly don't think it justified the screaming headlines about "thousands at risk" of HIV or hepatitis. Now, if they had found one of her clients who had contracted one of these diseases, then maybe there'd be cause for alarm, but really. Come on.
Is it just me, or is the Montreal news story about the un-certified acupuncturist and her dirty needles kind of a non-story? A bunch of people are at a very tiny risk of being infected with something -- noone knows what because noone is actually infected as far as we know. And acupuncturists don't require certification in many parts of Canada, so the fact that she wasn't certified and what that might mean isn't really something we need to look into urgently.
I certainly don't think it justified the screaming headlines about "thousands at risk" of HIV or hepatitis. Now, if they had found one of her clients who had contracted one of these diseases, then maybe there'd be cause for alarm, but really. Come on.
# posted by becca : 10:58 AM
