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Nicholas writes: "None of us are medics, let alone experts on epidemiology."
Is that a fact, and - if so -
shouldn't CASI be reaching out towards those involved with the world of
medicine (& related areas)?
Greetings, Bert G.
>From: "N. Martin" <nm313@cam.ac.uk>
>To: Alun Harford <alunharford@yahoo.com>
>CC: " Tom Nagy, Ph.D." <nagy@gwu.edu>, Ahmed Shames
><ahmed@iprospect.org.uk>, casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk
>Subject: Re: [casi] Re: [casi]-- Is CASI worth keeping?
>Date: 01 Jun 2003 23:14:17 +0100
>
>
>>Indeed. This is the kind of thing CASI should be
>>shouting (publishing) about, yet there is nothing on
>>the site. And pretty much nothing in the media
>>("there's an epidemic but we don't care because we
>>have medicines" isn't what people in Iraq are likely
>>to be thinking at the moment).
>>I think CASI needs to decide whether its staying, and
>>quickly! If it is, then a statement should be made to
>>the media about this, and posted on the site.
>
>Dear All,
>
>a short explanation is maybe appropriate regarding CASI's silence on
>epidemics (and currently most other things). The answer, in roughly
>descending order of importance, is as follows.
>
>*Expertise. None of us are medics, let alone experts on epidemology. It is
>difficult, accordingly, to publish anything short of repeating WHO
>statements. For campaigning purposes (writing to the media, MPs, etc) this
>may to an extent be adequate, but to run a meaningful campaign you need
>
>*Time. And that is in very short supply at the moment. CASI is run by
>volunteers, students, academics and people in other employment, many of
>whom also are active in other fields and groups (e.g. Palestine, anti-war,
>environment, 'globalisation'/neo-liberalism) as well. With exams currently
>being set, written, marked and revised for, our resources are almost nill,
>and in these circumstances it is difficult to see how we could run a
>meaningful campaign.
>
>*Mandate and direction. That is the other issue here. Neither is currently
>wholly clear, CASI is essentially in a state of "suspended animation" as
>someone recently put it. Silence on some of these issues may also partly
>come from that.
>
>I hope this has clarified some things, and does not disappoint you.
>Hopefully we will be more functional again soon.
>
>warm regards,
>
>Nicholas
>
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