Prophecy

Wednesday October 19, 2005 - 6:51PM EDT

I just read an editorial on the ridiculous fear of the bird flu. I touched on this in one post but maybe I didn't spend enough time on it. I mainly talked about the ridiculous global health policies that would allow the possibility of these things to happen. What I probably should have talked about is the other pandemics like AIDS, Lupus, Malaria, etc, that are ignored. Those diseases kill millions yet they have become just a part of everyday life. What I also should have explored is that self fullfilling prophecy of pandemic by continually saying it will happen. Not only just saying it will happen and instilling ignorant fear but not doing anything but saying it will happen.