Right before Christmas, Dallas County revealed that it just might consider lifting the condom distribution ban enacted in 1995, when then-County Commissioner Jim Jackson told The New York Times, "Sodomy is still against the law in Texas. I hear people say the government shouldn't be in the bedroom. This isn't just happening in the bedroom. You can see used condoms in the parks." Today, the Dallas County Commissioners Court will vote on rescinding the ban; Ken Mayfield, one of Jackson's allies in
Dallas County Health & Human Services's monthly Public Health Preparedness Update is a great read full of fascinating tidbits -- lots of stuff this go-round about expanded HIV testing capabilities, the flu "outbreak," second-hand smoke and so forth. But one tiny Page 2 piece piqued our interest: The county's trying to figure out how to distribute medication to folks "within 48 hours in the event of a bioterrorism attack or a naturally occurring, community-wide disease outbreak." Because, see
