I am one of those people who are TOTALLY disenchanted with the media. If they are sayin' it-I'm not believin' it. I think it all started with the whole Y2K "phenomenon". It seems that the media feels it is successful only when they produce pure panic among the people.
I never worried about the West Nile Virus. We live in the South. I would have 10 mosquito bites before I made it to my car in the drive way, and I never knew anyone to contract it. Plus, I figured after 1 million mosquito bites and still no virus--I must be immune to it.
You never see me clearing out the bread aisle during a "winter advisory".
So, when the media started in on the swine flu....quite frankly.....I didn't even pay attention. I mean I could hear them talking about it, but it sounded to me much like the teacher on Charlie Brown.
It is not that I didn't think it existed---I just didn't think anyone I knew would actually come down with it.
When D started running a high fever Fri. after school I calmly took her to Urgent Care so she would not have to suffer through the weekend. I kept reading the signs that said, "If you are showing symptoms of flu-please ask for a mask." She just had fever--so that didn't apply to us...
Imagine my surprise when the doctor stated she had the flu. And then imagine my surprise when he nonchalantly told me she had the dreaded H1N1!!
This media desensitized momma.....FREAKED. I mean I wasn't scared of the swine flu when I thought no one would actually get the pig disease.
I started stuttering.....IIIII....mmmeannn....should I be a-a-alarmed? I mean should I r-r-ush her to the nearest hospital? And I'm thinking to myself---Why is this guy just standing there? Why is he not ushering us to some padded room or bubble and slapping masks on us?? Why is he not giving me some sort of instruction?
Fast forward a couple of days.....and now I know why he didn't panic. D was up the next morning-playing-eating-smiling and fever free. The sky did not fall. If the media ever reports something that IS an actual threat--it will wipe my family out--because I won't believe it.
Swine flu--shmine flu.
Monday, September 28, 2009
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I'm right there with you...the media wants a pandemic of mass proportions soooo bad!!! And if they can't really get it, they will make it up...which they have. More people die every year from the regular old flu that has been around forever than they do from this pig flu. The media loves to muster up panic.
People have been coming in the pharmacy getting flu medicine and don't even look or act sick...Go figure...
So glad D is feeling much better...I figured someone must be sick when I didn't see you at church Sunday. Take care...I hope you didn't pass that virus through the keyboard...where is my germ gel?
So glad it wasn't serious since I am just catching up now!!!!
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