Ah, yes. All for the “greater good”. No thanks, the lesser good is what interests me.
Meh. I’m not advocating government forcing it on people. I am saying that personal interest becomes group interest becomes personal interest when it comes to flu immunization. I guess it will take another Spanish Flu to get people to wake up and not be foolish about this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic
When the “lesser good” knocks you flat, maybe we’ll chip in to send you some chicken soup.
The arrogance on this thread just begs for nature’s slap in the face.
Flu, appendicitis, scarlet fever, polio, whooping cough — all once major causes of death, especially among the young.
I, for one, am immensely grateful for medical science and how much better we have it than did our forebears.