Friday, May 1, 2009

We are now one of many on the notable grid of diseased ridden states

What? Florida just got another nasty moniker, we have two confirmed cases of the H1N1Flu, and now we can be part of a national pack of flu-bees. The child is an eleven year old boy in a Bonita Springs in a Lee County elementary school. PS he is recovering nicely, and so is the other possible case from his school. The other confirmed case is a seventeen year old high school student in Broward County in the city of Hallandale, who may very well have travelled to Mexico, but the younger child has no connection so far.

Now, I want some answers.
Did you hear all those numbers they keep throwing around about how anywhere from 13K to 34K people die each year from the seasonal flu, huh?
Why haven’t they told us this before they panicked us all with less than 200 deaths worldwide of this newest strain?
I do know that even one death is way too many, but that is not my point.
It appears that in an effort to be diligent with getting the news out we are, once again, having our media play havoc with fears once more. How dare they?
America as well as the world all encompassing has very few nerve endings left to deal with much more.

Remember the movie; Stop the World: I Want to Get Off? (Circa 1966) It was a musical comedy, but this all doesn’t feel like one, does it? But with all this weeks’ horrible news I want to shout that, anyway; enough is enough. (Plus my head still feels like it is spinning at times, physiologically speaking that is)
Things seem to get a little bit better and then they go down the tubes, and yes I do know life is a roller coaster ride because I have been on it for nearly fifty-nine years thank you very much!

Let’s get real people; we all know that knowledge is power, but in the wrong hands without accuracy is nearly as irresponsible as handing a child a loaded gun! Maybe that analogy was slightly over the top, but you get my reasoning here.

The world is already in turmoil we must get some rationalization in these situations, or at the very least some good solid judgment before we scare each other half to death.

I wonder how all those businesses are going to do when those parents of positive cases have to stay two weeks with their children at home since other baby-sitting or day-cares will be a no-no as well for these possible infectees. But how else can we stop the spread? Hopefully all employers will understand, under the circumstances that is, you would think?

I know it’s frightening; but just a few more concepts to put your heads around.

Here’s bidding you all a good night and to all count those blessings and I will too!

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