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Show get panicy over something we cannot control," says Dr. Jor-genson, Jor-genson, "And since the best tonic for good health is to be happy, let's be happy this Christmas season. That's an order from your family doctor." Medic President Says No Need to Worry About Fallout Let's quit worrying about radioactive fallout from the 1961 bomb tests as a health hazard for awhile and concentrate concen-trate on having a happy Christmas. Christ-mas. This is welcome advice from Dr. Ralph E. Jorgenson, President of the Utah State Medical Association. He reports there are two things to think about in this business of fallout and its effect ef-fect on humans The scientists are by no means in agreement as to how much radioactivity we can absorb ab-sorb without bothering us. There isn't very much that us average folks can do about it anyway. In spite of all the bombs set off in the last few months, the chances are that there still isn't enough radioactive fallout in the United States to constitute a health problem. This no one knows for sure, , but a majority of the men who know most about the problem have said many times that they don't think we need to start worrying yet. Whether you are in favor of fallout shelters or not, we can't just retreat to a shelter this winter. The man of the house has to go to work, the lady has to go shopping and the kids have to go to school. We have to be out in all kinds of weather everyday. If there is radioactive fallout in the air, we'll get some of it, and there's nothing we can do a-bout a-bout it. The American Medical Association As-sociation recently conducted a survey of seven of the top experts in the nation. All seven agreed the fallout was not a health hazard. Since that time, more bombs have been exploded, ex-ploded, but the principle remains re-mains the same. The best opinion of a majority of the experts is that we can absorb all of the fallout now floating around without damage. Radiation in all its forms will play an increasing role in the lives of all of us as uses of nuclear fission continue to expand. There are still many unknowns, but research is going go-ing rapidly ahead. "Meanwhile we should not |