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Sympathy vs. Science?
January 31, 2006
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I agree with you that overweight people may suffer further discrimination because of this announcement. If the science is flawed then I condemn the media attention
However, if obesity genuinely is virus-bourne, then we need this news to spread. Reducing the spread of the disease will not be helped by a shrouding the facts with well-meaning discretion. In this instance, let's not let short-term sympathetic objections cloud the objective manner in which we must approach this issue.