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Comment Re:at least he doesn't have autism (Score 1) 254

None of which is going to happen with vaccinations. The Autism legend was caused by scientific fraud, perpetrated to promote some new vaccine. The one perpetrating it has by now been stripped of his PhD for gross scientific misconduct. But stupid people will believe whatever fits their messed-up world-view, no matter what evidence is presented to them. One of the reasons why stupid people have a higher risk of killing themselves or dependents by entirely avoidable problems.

Comment Re:How is the virus even still around? (Score 1) 254

There are a quite a few pathogens that can exist outside of the human body and hence will never be exterminated. Some are deadly, like tetanus. For others, like the case at hand, the vaccination does not prevent the infection, but its grave effects.

Not being vaccinated is asking for serious consequences, frequently including death.

Medicine

Diphtheria Returns To Spain For Lack of Vaccination 254

TuringTest writes: A six-year-old child was admitted to a hospital in Barcelona and diagnosed with diphtheria, which hasn't occurred in Spain since 1986 and was largely unheard of in western Europe. The boy had not been vaccinated despite the vaccine being available in free vaccination programs. Spanish general health secretary called anti-vaccination campaigns "irresponsible" and said: "The right to vaccination is for children, not for the parents to decide." The child is in critical condition, though he's now being treated with a serum expressly brought from Russia through an emergency procedure.
Security

100kb of Unusual Code Protecting Nuclear, ATC and United Nations Systems 145

An anonymous reader writes: For an ex-academic security company still in the seeding round, startup Abatis has a small but interesting roster of clients, including Lockheed Martin, the Swiss military, the United Nations and customers in the civil nuclear and air traffic control sectors. The company's product, a kernel driver compatible with Windows, Linux and Unix, occupies just 100kb with no dependencies, and reportedly achieves a 100% effectiveness rate against intruders by preventing unauthorized I/O activity. The CEO of Abatis claims, "We can stop zero day malware — the known unknowns and the unknown unknowns." The software requires no use of signature files, white-listing, heuristics or sandboxing, with a separate report from Lockheed Martin confirming very significant potential for energy savings — up to £125,000 per year in a data center with 10,000 servers.

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