Where did I write that? In most cases I would agree with you, but in this case, one of the three was in Germany and it had great sanitation and healthcare.

>3rd world countries with generally poor sanitation and basic health care.
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>I know you are a supporter of vaccination. I'd say that the jury is still out on the benefits of it to us as a species.
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>>Plenty (too many) of times in other countries--especially malaria and the terrible return of it periodically. Polio - late 80s ... rubella, overseas as well in the mid 80s.
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>>>And where have you witnessed that ?
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>>>>Then those in that "school of thought" have never witnessed malaria or polio or rubella in a pregnant woman.
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>>>>>Or do you take the chance the shots are safe and you aren't causing yourself a bigger problem.
>>>>>There's a school of thought that malaria avoidance is better than loading yourself with possible ineffective and harmful remedies.
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>>>>>>Look at it this way. If you're going on a jungle safari, you are told, "You may contract malaria and other diseases. Here is a list of innoculations that you should get." Do you skip those innoculations on the chance you won't contract the disease or do you take the safe route and get the shots?
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>>>>>>The old say, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"
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>>>>>>>I don't see how that constitutes proof that shale mining readily pollutes groundwater.
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>>>>>>>Water Quality Impacts
>>>>>>>Runoff from mining and retorting operations can
>>>>>>>impact surface and groundwater. In-situ operations
>>>>>>>pose greater risks to groundwater quality. Controls
>>>>>>>will be required to protect surface and groundwater.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Effective technologies and management processes
>>>>>>>already exist and have been demonstrated in other
>>>>>>>commercial-scale mining and chemical processing
>>>>>>>applications.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>In-situ processes have been particularly challenged
>>>>>>>to protect groundwater from contamination by
>>>>>>>kerogen oil or other produced gases and sediments.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Promising freeze-wall technologies are being tested
>>>>>>>to isolate ground water from subsurface in-situ
>>>>>>>processing areas until post-production flushing and
>>>>>>>clean-up of the heated areas has been completed.
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>>>>>>>Surface runoff can be managed as established in other mining operations. As for groundwater, while challenged, promising technologies are being tested.
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>>>>>>>What am I missing?