Re: Tokaimura

[Mary Jo McGrath <maryjo@lanl.gov>]

Franz,

I do not agree with you.  I believe this case
study on the physiological and biological 
effects of radiation to be very important and
this data should be disseminated.  

How ironic that you' post this opinion on 
the anniversary of the 1941 bombing of 
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.....by the Japanese.
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At 03:06 PM 12/07/1999 -0600, you wrote:
>RADSAFERs,
>
>I am now going to post something which in 
>the mind of a few RADSAFERs might
>be a "sacrileg", but hopefully will be in 
>accordance with the so called "silent 
>majority":
>
>P l e a s e,  p l e a s e  stop these silly 
>updates of the condition of the victims of 
>the Tokaimury accident!!!!! For me this 
>looks like "vultures circling above the 
>victims". The victims have been identified 
>by name and still can be identified by other 
>means than RADSAFE. In my opinion it is
>unacceptable, that the most personal data 
>like blood cells counts, etc. etc. etc. are 
>distributed by some persons to others like 
>the most intimate data in the socalled "rainbow 
>press". It seems rather obvious that one
>person will not survive the accident and 
>everybody can only hope that the others 
>will survive. 
>
>Why do you not respect the privacy of the victims????? 
>They have suffered of whatever reason - this is not to be 
>discussed in this circumstances. I do not understand 
>why the hospital distributes these private data (do they?
>or where do they come from?))- I think in all other civilized 
>countries this would be a case for the court. Why are the 
>conditions of these persons distributed to thousands of 
>other persons, not involved personally in the case - just 
>to satisfy sensational interest? What is the scientific
>background? There is none!!
>
>Once again -  s t o p  t h a t !!! Report about the 
>outcome of the cases, which in my opinion would 
>not help much for research, since criticality
>accidents have happened before, but then I was 
>too young and internet did not exist, but I do not 
>believe that daily bulletins were distributed about
>the condition of Slotin and others. 
>
>S t o p  i t!  It is in my opinion disgusting.
>
>Franz
>
>
>Franz Schoenhofer
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>A-1160 Vienna
>Austria
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>e-mail: schoenho@via.at
>
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