An American Vaccine Disaster 65 Years Ago: Lessons for Today

"Remember the Cutter Incident!" The phrase is not exactly the same sort of watch word as "Remember the Alamo." 

But it does have fresh resonance today. The Cutter Incident was a vaccine disaster in America 65 years ago. The case is the keystone of a column yesterday in the Los Angeles Times that said, "History tells us that speed kills."

The comment came …