In a message dated 09/28/2002 7:50:59 PM Central Daylight Time,
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> Odd isn't it that the article didn't say something like "Breastfeeding
> mother contracts West Nile Virus; lack of transmission to infant suggests
> possible protective factors"?
>
>

what's even odder is the fact that in the Chicago Tribune the headline was:
Breast milk may transfer W. Nile Virus.  There was maybe a paragraph on
breastfeeding -- and then a whole segment (much longer) on blood
transfusions.  Why in the name of all that is good didn't the headline say,
"Blood transfusions DO transfer W. Nile Virus."  No -- they had to hit on
breastfeeding -- why?  Because money is made when women quit bf.

It's the money, stupid.  (Again).

Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC -- Wheaton IL
Lactation Education Consultants
www.lactationeducationconsultants.com

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