I was reading something from my Chiropractor that I thought I'd share regarding the Swine Flu scare. It is entitled, "How did we ever Survive this long?"
"Have your heard enough about the Swine Flu yet? Are you scared? Have you bought one of the surgical masks? Have you ever wondered why is this flu thing coming up again? Well, let's cut the fat out and look at substance. So far in Mexico, with a population of 109,955,400 people, only 1,400 people have bee sick with this flu. A report showed that 82 have died from the Swine Flu. I tried to calculate what percentage of the population got sick (symptoms). My calculator could not do it because it was such a small number; less than 1 in 1 millionth of a percent. And my computer spit out a number I couldn't comprehend. So, I then calculated that only 5% of the people who have been sick actually died. Do we need to worry? ABSOLUTELY NOT..."
Just be careful when you hear the hysteria and fear created by the media. Is Swine Flu serious? Yes. Should you take precautions? Of course. But, don't fall right in line with the fear mongers and worriers simply because the sickness exists. More people die from Heart Disease each hour than the Swine Flu has killed in the last week! Hopefully, that will put all this in perspective. Remember all the headlines diseases like SARS, Monkeypox and bird flu generated? You barely hear about them now. If you're a Christian, God gave you the mind of Christ to think with. Use it to better discern when and where you should react and to what extent.
"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline." 2 Timothy 1:7
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