Patt Morrison for Tuesday, September 14, 2010

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

1-3 p.m.

 

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1:06 – 1:30

OPEN

 

 

1:30 - 1:58:30

To vaccinate or not… a parent’s dilemma

After years of media hype, some concerned parents have decided not to have their children vaccinated because they fear the vaccines somehow trigger autism. Scientists have stated time and time again that this isn’t true, and public health officials have discouraged skipping the shots, yet last year a record was set for kindergartners entering schools sans vaccinations. Why are parents so worried? Science has spoken, so what evidence does a mom or dad need?

 

Guests:

Dr. Peter Shulman, Valley Pediatric Medical Group

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Michael Specter, staff writer for the New Yorker. His new book, “Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives,” asks why we have increasingly begun to fear scientific advances instead of embracing them

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2:06 – 2:30

Kids and a quiet dinner out… impossible combination?

 

Guests:

Representative of California Restaurant Association

 

NOT CONFIRMED:

Brenda Ames, owner-operator of Olde Salty, in Carolina Beach, North Carolina.  Ms. Ames put up a sign in her restaurant saying “Screaming children will not be tolerated,” and her business increased.

 

 

 

2:30 – 2:58:30

Why can’t they just shoot them in the legs? Questioning police tactics in fatal shootings

When LAPD officers arrived on the scene in Westlake last week they were confronted by a loud, aggressive, seemingly crazy man with a knife, and reports of that man threatening other people in the vicinity.  The situation ended very badly for that man, Guatemalan day laborer Manuel Jamines, who was shot dead by the officers after they feared for their own safety and the safety of people in the area.  There has been a lot of second guessing in the aftermath of that shooting, about how the police officers perceived a drunk man with a knife in a wide open space as a threat, and why the officers couldn’t use less-than-lethal force to deal with Mr. Jamines.  At the very least if the officers were determined to use their weapons, asked critics of the LAPD, why couldn’t they just shoot Mr. Jamines in the legs?  What are the options for law enforcement who are dealing with intoxicated or mentally unstable suspects in potentially dangerous scenarios—can cops be trained to shoot for the legs?

 

Guests:

TBD

 

 

Jonathan Serviss

Producer, Patt Morrison Program

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