Health officials are warning that an Ebola outbreak in the US is just “one airline passenger away.” And frankly, statements like this exhaust me. Fear mongering is a lucrative business. I’m tired of the fact that panic sells. I’m also frustrated that mankind does not seem to understand that fear and stress inhibits the immune system. Here we are, saying that we need to prevent the spread of a virus, whereby your number one ally is your immune system, but we are taxing the immune system by making everyone so scared about it. We are declaring health emergencies in states where not one single case of Ebola has occurred. That’s like locking your door at night because you’ve heard news that someone in another country was robbed. Fear is it’s own epidemic. In my opinion, the panic about Ebola makes us selfishly fearful. It diverts attention away from proactively finding ways to improve the health crisis in Africa and finding ways to create and maintain a state of health in the world at large. We need to create a climate in our world that is more supportive of wellness and more permissive of illness. The reality is that we are so separated from one another and so competitive in our mentality that we do not realize that state and country aside, we are all part of one human family. The reality is that we have enough money on this planet to support all human life. We have the resources to guarantee that all beings are well taken care of. Those resources are not dispersed right now. Nor are they prioritized appropriately. Take the United States for example, we have unlimited funds for the military, meanwhile people are starving in our own “first world” country. We need to create a world that promotes health, where a person can honor their feelings and needs. If this is the case, no self-abandonment will occur.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:16:46 +0000
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