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Socialized medicine has become the talk of the day. This is not only unfortunate. It is harmful and we have a responsibility to speak out. Socialized medicine has led to a drastic reduction in services and in quality of care in every nation it's been tried. The elderly and the infirm are always the hardest hit.

The government's swine flu "czar" has been hired by ABC News as a senior medical reporter, in the latest example of a prominent government mouthpiece shifting to become a prominent media mouthpiece.

"The flu season is upon us. Which type will we worry about this year, and what kind of shots will we be told to take? Remember the swine flu scare of 1976? That was the year the U.S. government told us all that swine flu could turn out to be a killer that could spread across the nation, and Washington decided that every man, woman and child in the nation should get a shot to prevent a nation-wide outbreak, a pandemic." (Mike Wallace, CBS, 60 Minutes, November 4, 1979)

# Most mercury exposure in humans is either from dental amalgams or fish consumption. Each contains distinct types of mercury. Humans also process each differently and have different tolerances for them. ELEMENTAL MERCURY: Dental amalgams contain pure mercury, which emits vapors. Mercury vapor enters the body through the lungs, and 80 percent of inhaled vapors are absorbed. Elemental mercury that happens to be swallowed quickly passes through the body, as "negligible" amounts are absorbed through the digestive system. # METHYLMERCURY: This is a type of "organic" mercury that's combined with other molecules, usually through bacterial action, to form a compound called methylmercury. In this form, mercury is easily absorbed in the digestive system. Methylmercury is found in most fish at varying levels, depending upon the type of fish and its age. Most methylmercury exposure is through fish consumption, and it's considered more toxic than mercury vapor.