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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous]No because the CDC and large health organizations recognize that most people are morons, first and foremost.[/b] Then they also know that people will take more liberal actions based on their recs. The my say zero drinking and some people will still drink. They say a few drinks are ok and some will use it as justification to get smashed. Population health looks at people like a massive group, not as individuals, and certainly not as intelligent adults who can make their own personal decisions. Do you rely on large professional bodies to make all decisions for your life?[/quote]

Quote your source. Otherwise, this is just something you and the "I love my wine more than my child" camp wants to believe. [/quote]

Says the person who clearly knows zilch about public health.[/quote]

This idea that the CDC "thinking that most people are morons" is completely subjective in the absence of a reputable source or actual statement by the CDC. Any thinking person can agree to that.[/quote]

Well, I would have thought any thinking person could realize PP was being hyperbolic, but apparently not.

The CDC, like any good public health organization, is making the assumptions described above.  Most people aren’t morons, but most women who drink to the level at which exposure would be harmful to a developing fetus are going to need a very hard line about drinking and pregnancy.  They literally cannot moderate their drinking if they drink at all.  Hence the “no safe quantity” language.[/quote]

We don’t know what level of exposure is harmful to a fetus. We don’t know what level of exposure is harmful to a fetus. We don’t know what level of exposure is harmful to a fetus.

Thankfully, most women aren’t selfish enough to take such risks for a momentary buzz. [/quote]

Ser[b]iously? Women who occasionally have one glass of wine while pregnant aren't getting buzzed while doing it. They're having a little wine with a meal. That's different than having 3 drinks in an hour and getting tipsy. [/quote][/b]

I don't have a problem with women having an occasional drink while pregnant, but your statement is simply untrue. For many, many women, myself and friends included, we get a little buzzed off a single glass of wine. Three drinks and we're not tipsy but full on drunk. I think your comment contributes to the danger in thinking that woman and every fetus processes alcohol the same way.
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I consider myself pretty lightweight but if I drink a glass of wine slowly over the course of an hour with a meal and water I will not get buzzed.  If I drink a full glass while waiting for the food to come out then yes, I'll be buzzed.[/quote]

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