The age of medicine?
Seriously. Why do people get so up in arms about getting the flu vaccine? I've never gotten a flu shot in my life, and I've only gotten the flu maybe a few times, ever. Everyone at work gets all excited when they come in to give flu shots, and the same people I see going in to get the shot are the same ones who get sick when the flu goes around.
I understand that people who are ill, old, or have weakened immune systems have an excuse to get it. But I don't see why people who should otherwise be healthy need it. I have the cure all answer to all the health improving drugs and shots that make drug companies rich and sick people poor... It's called a healthy lifestyle. Maybe they should try it. Instead of eating fast food and other assorted artificially processed food that doesn't even begin to resemble anything found in nature and getting 5 hours of sleep a night after sitting on the couch for four hours and then getting a shot and hoping they don't get sick, maybe they should take a look at the reasons why they are susceptible to getting sick in the first place (which I'm sure happens more often than just during flu season).
I know that when I get regular exercise and sleep and eat well, I feel tip top, and then when I let down my guard on my health, that's when I usually get sick. But the way I see it there's a reason for my getting sick and I'm paying the price for not taking care of myself. So instead of looking for a miracle cure every time a cold goes around or the flu comes to town, why not do what we as humans have been doing for thousands of years, why not just take care of ourselves or else suffer the consequences? Wait a minute, what am I talking about? This is the age of medicine and technology and materialism and consumerism and egoism and self-absorption and a few other words we don't like to hear where we're not supposed to take the blame for any of the perils or ails of our time; we're the same people who would rather spend our money buying a fix for everything, even our own happiness.
NOTE: Modern medicine has a valuable place in our society. I don't discount the discoveries and knowledge of our time nor the advances which have been made that have helped to remove deadly diseases from existance and have allowed many people overcome illnesses which earlier could have resulted in their deaths.
I understand that people who are ill, old, or have weakened immune systems have an excuse to get it. But I don't see why people who should otherwise be healthy need it. I have the cure all answer to all the health improving drugs and shots that make drug companies rich and sick people poor... It's called a healthy lifestyle. Maybe they should try it. Instead of eating fast food and other assorted artificially processed food that doesn't even begin to resemble anything found in nature and getting 5 hours of sleep a night after sitting on the couch for four hours and then getting a shot and hoping they don't get sick, maybe they should take a look at the reasons why they are susceptible to getting sick in the first place (which I'm sure happens more often than just during flu season).
I know that when I get regular exercise and sleep and eat well, I feel tip top, and then when I let down my guard on my health, that's when I usually get sick. But the way I see it there's a reason for my getting sick and I'm paying the price for not taking care of myself. So instead of looking for a miracle cure every time a cold goes around or the flu comes to town, why not do what we as humans have been doing for thousands of years, why not just take care of ourselves or else suffer the consequences? Wait a minute, what am I talking about? This is the age of medicine and technology and materialism and consumerism and egoism and self-absorption and a few other words we don't like to hear where we're not supposed to take the blame for any of the perils or ails of our time; we're the same people who would rather spend our money buying a fix for everything, even our own happiness.
NOTE: Modern medicine has a valuable place in our society. I don't discount the discoveries and knowledge of our time nor the advances which have been made that have helped to remove deadly diseases from existance and have allowed many people overcome illnesses which earlier could have resulted in their deaths.
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