First of all ... I cant tell you a damn thing about who Michael Specter is. But watching this clip while thumbing through morning news clip's, made me choose to add this clip to my journal ... because he made some worthwhile point's. That also bring me to some comment's on this subject I will point out after. Especially with this current H1N1(swine-flu)panic and confusion.
Even though I whine all the time about our excessive fear ... I am no different than anyone else ... I fear everything as well ... fear is healthy...and essential to survival.Since there is so much to fear...and we spend most of our lives dealing with it, I learned long ago ... that you have to draw the line as well.
Part of what inspire's this posting is all the craziness over this H1N1 virus. I live in Dallas County Texas ... and there has been this sort of panic across the Metroplex as well as nationally...on supply of the vaccine not being enough, fighting over who get's it first, those who still are skeptical if they take it,will they end up dead? ..because of the old story of what happened when some died from a flu vaccine back in the mid 1970's or so ... even some thinking that there is a conspiracy to vaccinate all our children with this for some type of mission to contaminate the children...and the list even goes on...it's gotten nutty actually. And then when a few thousand free doses do become available...we have hundred's of folk's in line's before sunrise, many of which actually camped out in the chilly night on a cold sidewalk to be first in line to get it...usually with their kid's.
I havent talked about it much as most probably...but of coarse I'm concerned about the swine flu...I'm just not going to drive myself batty over it.No ... I havent got the shot ... or havent even gave it alot of thought. But not because I am afraid that they are out to get me...or that the shot will kill me at all. I have had a flu shot once in my life...around 1990 I recall ... when the company I was working at...offered free flu shot's to employee's... I figured what the hell...it's free...I'll try it. Whether it did anything positive or not?...I frankly dont know, I mean...nothing happened.I only got the flu once in my life...and that was the winter of 1974/1975 ... then I got an antibiotic shot was about it, and got over it, even smoked pot the entire time of the illness .. and still got well fairly quick. So I cant say that I have had any real history of the flu. If someone offered me a H1N1 shot right this minute...where I didnt have to stand in bloody line for 5 goddamn hour's to get it with a bunch of screaming toddler's and folk's that didnt get their goddamn morning shower ... I would jump all over it like a cheap suit.
But Mr.Specter bring's up some interesting point's about our fear's and phobia's... and how excessive we sometime's get ... and how it can do a hell of alot more harm than good for us in many cases.
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