Bacon Conspiracy
Alright! Ever since all the Obama-mania has quieted down the media has been wandering the streets like a lost puppy, looking for even a small morsel of hysteria to latch onto, ingest, and poop out onto our collective lawns. Well, friends, they have found it. It's PIG SICKNESS!! And the punchline? It doesn't seem to bother pigs! Instead (this is right out of Steven King's The Stand or that awful movie "Outbreak" which left people scared of monkeys) It's a horrible mutant virus that transferred from pigs to humans and is threatening to wipe out the globe, oh crap!!
Now I don't mean to make light of those who have died from this illness. Just like any other communicable disease, it should be taken seriously. But, as usual, the media is opting for mania instead of reporting the facts. So I wish to do you all a favor and give you a few facts, some of which are contrary to so-called "health organizations" such as, well, the World Health Organization :)
Fact 1: A new strain that transfers from animals to humans is not necessarily more life-threatening, nor is it more likely to be (epi/pan)demic
Fact 2: A 3-month-old baby in Texas contracted the swine flu... and recovered... without even being hospitalized. Enough said.
Fact 3: Mexico is a nasty country. You are advised to get shots for tetanus, hepatitis, and oh yeah, don't drink the freaking water. What's the significance? Increased likelihood of opportunistic illness -- an illness that normally would not occur, but is enabled by the presence of an existing illness.
Fact 4: Mexico has poor health care. Those with compromised immune systems (diabetics, pregnant, elderly, etc.) do not have adequate resources to manage serious symptoms. And they have only limited access to anti-viral drugs.
At a time when people are complaining about how "awful" the healthcare system in the U.S. is, it's quite the counterpoint to see the night-and-day difference between how the infected in the U.S. fare compared to those in Mexico, isn't it? Maybe that's because the U.S. has the best healthcare system in the entire WORLD. Despite its obsession with allopathy, we all should stop and thank the Lord that we have the best healthcare in the world available to us and everyone here.. even those who can't afford it.