Swine Flu
April 29, 2009There’s a lot of hype and hysteria about the swine flu. The next few weeks will tell how serious or not serious this thing might be. But for now there’s not a lot that we can do but pray for health, hope for the best, wash our hands, and keep our eyes open.
When I heard that a Chicagoland school had closed I must confess that I had second thoughts about sending my sons to school—but at this point it seems best just to be vigilant.
I talked to my wife (who is an RN) and my neighbor (who is also an RN) and was reminded that tens of thousands of people die every year in the US with influenza, without hype or hysteria. We have to remember that bad news sells newspapers and, honestly, the modern media can’t be trusted anyway.
Our trust has to be in God. He is sovereign over everything that happens and nothing takes place outside of His will—good or bad. We have to believe that He has our best interests in mind and that He does not promise to deliver us from all the troubles of this life, but to help us to navigate them successfully and with a servant’s heart. Whatever we face will simply be an opportunity to grow in our faith and to serve those in need.
Besides, I’m not about to live my life in fear—not even for one moment! In Matthew 6 Jesus says, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life…, who of you by worring can add a singly hour to his life…!“
‘Never borrow from the future. If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn’t happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice.’ We are in His hands, what more do we need.
Matt, you are WAAY cool.
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As most things, only time will tell what to make of all this. My personal opinion (so this should rate low on the priority list) is that the greatest worry is that they are developing another vaccination for everyone to take. As if current ‘mandatory’ vaccinations have not caused enough harm to children and adults. In the words of the immortal Charlie Brown….”Good Grief!”
I’m with you Darren. Unfortunately, we’ve got to get ALL the vacinations or we can’t use basic services like public schools. I wish the govt. would stay out of our children’s “health” issues and let us do what’s best for them.
Vaccinations ‘can’ serve a purpose, for at-risk students, but to enforce them on all people, is just absurd. One of these days, some parent(s) with way too much time and money on their hands will challenge the state and take it all the way to the Supreme Court and then maybe…just maybe some of these state laws will be found unconstitutional.
On a side note, as much as I think the media is over doing the swine flu….if it was my child with the swine flu, I would probably have a different persepective. Hopefully it all goes away soon. Then the media can focus on more important stuff in life….like the NBA playoffs and if they are really fixed or not.
My biggest regret as a Mommy: immunizing my kids. Really wish I could have a do-over on that one!
On a Swine Flu note: I think it’s blown just a little proportion. It’ll soon pass.
oops… “out of proportion” is what I meant to say