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News & Rants: Momosphere: 11.6.09

Nov 6, 2009 Object

The H1N1 flu hysteria seems to have diminished among my friends. Most of us have made our decisions about whether we’ll get the vaccine for our children (so far, all of my mommy friends are leaning toward getting it), and now it’s just a matter of waiting for the word that it’s available. Of course, that doesn’t mean that I don’t worry when someone in my family complains of not feeling well. All it takes to jump-start my swine flu fears is a few sniffles.

Hit Me With Your Best (H1N1) Shot, Motherhood Uncensored
Blogger Kristen has been debating about whether to get the H1N1 vaccine for her two young children. One she finally decided to do it, she realized she couldn’t find a doctor who had the vaccine. She ended up dragging her kids to a community health center, where she waited in line for a very, very long time. After all that rigmarole, she thinks the health-care workers should give the parents a stiff drink as they give their kids a shot. It sounds fair to me.
Magic Red Syrup, Do Your Thing, Binkytowne
This mom-blogger’s whole family is battling H1N1 — and it’s not pretty. “On day two or three of the illness I thought I am fit, healthy, I’ll be over this soon. I haven’t been to work in over a week. I can function but I’m not well. I can’t wait for this to be over.”

How to Avoid Getting H1N1; Parents.com
If you’ve broken out into a sweat after reading this post, it might be time to read up on this virulent flu. Parents.com’s story has some common-sense tips on avoiding getting H1N1.

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Real estate can be deadly: British tycoon kills stubborn tenant

Sep 8, 2009 Object

Filed under: People

Businesses, insurers, and other analysts have often sought to put a price tag on the value of a human life. In the health-care debate, for example, the magic number is $129,000; by comparison, when Ford designed the Pinto, its number-crunchers determined that the company’s customers (or at least the lawsuits that they were likely to generate) were worth $200,000 apiece. Meanwhile, as people sell kidneys for as little as $6,000, it seems like a life might be worth even less if it is sold a la carte.

In 2000, faced with an inconvenient tenant who stood in the way of a $3.8 million deal, British businessman Thanos Papalexis determined that a human life was worth approximately $500,000. That was the amount that he stood to make on a real estate deal. This assumed, however, that he was able to get rid of Charalambos Christodoulides, the shy, quiet man who lived near a London warehouse that Papalexis was trying to sell.

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