Last Wednesday, I awoke to a distant fire engine’s siren. I was grateful to know that while I was sleeping, the firefighting system, which had been put in place to take care of all of the people in Seattle, was working. Fire is an obvious danger, and we long ago took steps to protect people, wealthy or poor, from that danger.
Now that school is under way, I am grateful to know that because of the obvious danger children facefrom diseases, we have vaccines and immunizations available to protect them. ...