I think it's a communications issue. I was reading an article just this afternoon in the Journal of Public Health that was talking about restrictions on the use of cellphones in hospitals. When you go into a hospital you're asked to turn off your phone because it might interfere with medical equipment. This group of experts pointed out that we've never really had much of a problem with medical equipment. As long as you're more than a metre away, there's only a remote possibility of interference. With the new digital technology, the possibility of interference is getting even smaller. So I think it's a communications problem that we have on our hands.
On February 27th, 2007. See this statement in context.