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You are sounding like some of our leftist friends here. Why wouldn't they just call their pastor or rabii and let them know they are in trouble?

A recent neighborhood (rural, farm, "poverty stricken" area) occurence:

The 71-year-old farmer, across the street and up the mountain from us, was in a farm accident that resulted in him being pinned under his tractor, on the Saturday before Easter. He was badly hurt with 7 cracked ribs and a crushed pelvis. Two surgeries later, he has a metal frame holding his pelvis together, has lost so much weight he looks like "walking death" and is facing 14 weeks of painful recovery, and months of physical therapy.

You may wonder: How will our friend and his wife eat this winter? Who is tending the hay fields? Who will feed the cows? How will the cattle get to market? How will the medical bills get paid?

There is nothing for you to worry about, except any praying that may ease his pain and suffering he and his wife are experiencing. We, his immediate community, will handle their needs. All the farmers in the area have taken on a little extra work. Our family will deal with the garden and many folks will help with the canning. Donations have poored in from area churches. Food shows up every day.

The point is he does not need emergency government assistance and neither will any future SARS patients. They need only reach out to their local churches or neighborhood groups, and the help will come from all directions.

You are sounding like some of our leftist friends here. Why wouldn't they just call their pastor or rabii and let them know they are in trouble?

Oh please. I am being realistic, not calling for the worker's of the world to unite.

My point was many people who come into contact with large amounts of the public work in the sevice industry. I, myself, in college waitressed and bartended. If I missed a shift, I missed $100+ (substantial amount of money for a college kid). I worked 3 days a week and many times I went to work sick.

I didn't run to my pastor because I had a cough and fever.I did the crap I had to do, just as millios of Americans would do if they had SARS symptoms.