Re: Estimating doses from criticality accidents

[Bernard L Cohen <blc+@pitt.edu>]

	Dear Doug:
	My apologies for my over-reaction. Actually, I was reacting to
media coverage, not to you personally. I have been very frustrated by the
excess media coverage of this event, and your note presented an
opportunity for me to vent this frustration. Please don't take it
personally. 

Bernard L. Cohen
Physics Dept.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Tel: (412)624-9245
Fax: (412)624-9163
e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu


On Mon, 8 Nov 1999 g2v13a@swbell.net wrote:

> May I offer an apology to the "list" for my
> inappropriate use of the word "tragic" ?
> 
> If my attempt to learn from others more
> knowledgeable than myself about events
> that are not reported with great accuracy
> or detail in the news media is inappropriate
> in this forum, then I apologize and ask to
> be removed from the list before I offend
> others with my poorly phrased questions.
> 
> Doug J.
> g2v13a@swbell.net
> -------------------------------------------------
> Bernard L Cohen wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 g2v13a@swbell.net wrote:
> >
> > > My thanks to Tosh Ushino, Douglas Minnema, and David Whitfil - you are helping a
> > > "medical-type" understand the tragic events of a few weeks ago [and the drama
> > > still unfolding].  You are welcome to my part of the bandwidth.
> >
> >         What is so extraordinarily "tragic" about these events? Dozens of
> > workers are killed every day in industrial accidents in U.S. alone. Over a
> > hundred are killed every day in motor vehicle accidents. This accident
> > involved 3 people who made a very serious mistake and are suffering for
> > it. Our hospitals contain perhaps a million people who are suffering from
> > problems that are not of their own making.
> >
> >
> > Bernard L Cohen
> > University of Pittsburgh
> > Pittsburgh, PA 15260
> > Tel: (412)624-9245
> > Fax: (412)624-9163
> > e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu
> >
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