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echo: grand_rounds
to: GABI FORD
from: DAVE RAY
date: 1996-05-12 11:17:00
subject: Aliens & Health

 So Anyway, Gabi Ford turned to Dave Ray and babbled:
 DR> MS> IMMIGRATION AS HEALTH RISK
 
 DR> MS> The principal cause of the epidemic: 80% of the plants' 900 Mexican
 DR> MS> immigrant workers were unvaccinated.
 DR> MS> Either most all of the workers involved are wetbacks or there
 
 DR> This is a demeaning and racist remark. Kinda blows the whole point of
 DR> what you are trying to say. All of this sounds anecdotal anyway.
 GF> All this was just a thinly veiled  umbrella> attempt to spread racist propaganda.  _That_ was the whole
 GF> point, make no mistake about it.
 GF> Kinda sad, actually...so much resentment in one person.
 Well, he did provide a copy of the article afterwards to back up his
 facts, but his use of the racist term "wetback" showed his real
 motives. I know damn well the paper where he got the article didn't use
 that word! 
 GF> I think he might benefit from a mood elevator.  :)
 Or a more open mind. It is true that illegal immigrants do bring their
 health problems with them. In health care facilities here and in Texas I
 have encountered TB, Rubella and a host of other diseases not normally
 seen in our "resident" population. But calling them names is not going to
 help the problem.
 GF> * SLMR 2.1 * It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tank
 Gotta know where this came from.
Regards,
Dave
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