Re: Critics Allege Infant Mortality Rate

[Norman & Karen Cohen <norco@bellatlantic.net>]

    Sandy, to my knowledge, thats not what the report states. So, saying "Soon after",
or stating exactly what the report does state (I'd have to go look for it in old
emails)  would have been a better choice of words for Ms Brinkley.  Therefore,  Ms.
Brinkley should have been better briefed or more careful with her choice of words.

    If there's a lurker from STAR or RPHP on this list that can clarify, pls do.


Peace
norm



Sandy Perle wrote:

> > I respectfully suggest that "absurd" is too strong a word.
>
> Norm,
>
> I disagree for the following reason.
>
> (1) Ms. Brinkley states the following:
>
> Brinkley told viewers that a report would be released that "indicates
> very, very heavily that the second you close a nuclear reactor, I
> mean, immediately, infant mortality rates go down."
>
> Now, really, how can anyone make the claim above; that the second the
> reactor is shutdown, the mortality rates go down, at that very
> instant.
>
> The above statement by Ms. Brinkley, un-supported and with out
> evidence, being stated to a national TV audience, is definitely
> absurd. She is a celebrity. She has no scientific education or
> background on the topic she is speaking to. She is there solely due
> to her celebrity status, and that fact alone requires her to base any
> statements on validated facts.
>
> respectfully,
>
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