Seems this week is the week of rants for me. I will get back on track this next week before I head to Seattle to work with health care professionals from the 18th-25th. With all the scare and hype over the pigs and birds I felt another rant coming on. On our local radio station I heard these numbers to put things into perspective.
Every year in America (according to the CDC) 200,000 people are hospitalized with flu symptoms and 36,000 die.
Every year, more than 1 million people die of malaria.
Every minute, every day, a child dies of measles that could have been cured by a vaccination that costs less than a dollar. One in four people around the world live on less than a dollar a day. Today in America alone one in ten households will go without eating today. Every year, 15 million people around the world die from hunger.
Meanwhile obesity is running rampant in our country as it runs a close second to the number one killer only exceeded by cigarette smoking. More than half our states have greater than 25% of their population in the obese category according to the CDC. With the proven research on the effects of just being overweight we are facing a new generation that will die having lived a significantly shorter life than their parents.
What am I saying? Don’t get wrapped up in the numbers being thrown out by the media and the in suing panic that it creates. Start by taking steps with the one person you can control at all, Your Self! If there is cold and flu going around, wash your hands and take normal precautions. If you are overweight take steps to get better so that you body is not run down trying to support itself with poor circulation and low energy. If you need help then seek it. There are all kinds of good people out there ready to help someone that really wants to change their life.
Take responsibility to not be the next statistic on the news of one more, good person loss too early in life. And decide today to take life to the fullest and live it like you wanted to live forever instead of just another day. Be grateful for what you have, change yourself one step better at a time and LIVE! Then you can decide what causes you can get behind and change the world around you to be a better place.
Live well and enjoy the journey!
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