Fris: You don't always have to change someone's belief or their mental model to get them to do a behavior. The powers that be put chloride in the water supply back ofth ten fifties as a simple way to fight tooth decay. Portland, oregon refuses to floridate its water. Go to portland, ask people there how many cavities they have. They would rather sit in a dentist's chair all numbed up and get drilled for an hour, then have the government slip something harmless in their drinking water.
A century ago, a mysterious and disfiguring disease was finally cured by an experiment in Akron, Ohio . . . with a condiment. We ask: it is time to return to Akron, and try the same trick again? Ay, oh, way to go, Ohio.
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