nowyertalking

It's out on DVD now in Japan as well. It even has a Collectors Edition. No subtitles, though for those who might need them, you'll have to wait until someone fan subs it.

Indeed. I had some hopes of obtaining a CCW after the first court ruling, but the appeals court nixed that and then the new laws kicked in.

Aww, your Japanese editor should have sent you one of the Collectors Editions. Of course you need a region 2 or regionless player to watch it, but how cool would that be on your bookshelf. "Oh, that? That's the collectors edition of the movie based on my book...."

Not exactly. Dr. Oschner gave his grandchildren the vaccine from a batch made by Cutter Labs in 1955. Of that batch, there were about 200,000 doses, 40,000 illnesses and 10 deaths, including Dr. Oschner's grandson. A book on the subject is "The Cutter Incident" by Dr. Paul Offitt - he details how Cutter failed to follow Salk's procedures and how as a result their batches had live instead of killed virus.

It sounds like what you want is catastrophic coverage. It is available, but whether or not you and your family qualify for it and how much it would cost is another story. I'd either ask an insurance agent or google it.