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Ruining It for the Rest of Us
Stories of people who ruin things for everyone else...or who are accused of that.  Like the San Diego parents who didn't vaccinate their child for measles (pictured at left: measles virus).  When their seven-year-old caught the disease on an overseas trip, this decision became a whole community's problem.  The outbreak infected 11 children and endangered many others.  Also: Comedian Mike Birbiglia singlehandedly ruins a big charity event, and the disquieting truth about Amtrak’s Quiet Car.

Mike Birbiglia's story is excerpted from his CD, My Secret Public Journal. He also wrote and appears in the one-man show Sleepwalk With Me.

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