Third World Habits

In general, people really are quite remiss.  In the news there is a story about how children should not be allowed to use cellphones because of the risk of brain cancer.

This is common sense; yet, it's not unusual for parents to think that little Johnny needs a cellphone.  As for me, I don't keep my cell on unless I'm going to use it, and I almost always wear a headset. Remember, even the government tells us that frequent cellphone use is associated with an increased risk of a benign tumor on the side of the head to which the phone is held.

Then there are other things, ones that affect your fellow man.  In many hospitals -- especially in big cities -- many medical personnel fail to wash their hands properly, leading to unnecessary infection among patients.  Over one-hundred years ago Louis Pasteur proved that germs cause disease.  But, hey, I guess there are still some skeptics out there.

Now that we're on the subject of washing and germs, do you realize that it isn't customary in Mexico to wash your hands?  I mention this because a tremendous number of restaurant workers today are Mexican, and many of them are, no doubt, here illegally.  Use your imagination, but this conjures up some sordid images in my mind. 

Then we have soda cans.  With most people, it's pop and gulp.  However, I know a fellow who claims to have gotten trench mouth from drinking out of one.  Of course, I didn't have to wait for that little anecdote to start washing mine.  You just don't know where those cans have been; for all we know, they could have been trod upon by vermin in a warehouse (I heard a story relating to this as well).

Don't get me wrong, Felix Unger wasn't my hero and I won't end up wearing white gloves in a luxuriant, germ-free underground bunker. But hygiene matters.  Why do you think disease is rampant in the Third World?  One reason is that the cultures in question have very low standards for hygiene, thereby facilitating the spread of disease.  And while they may not wreak havoc when people live in small, isolated groups, when populations start to mingle and burgeon, epidemics can be the result.

As for disease, we talk about how AIDS is behaviorally spread, but realize that this is true of all communicable diseases.  If everyone would practice good hygiene, I venture to say that the common cold could be virtually eliminated.  In this case, good hygiene means washing one's hands after touching objects many others have touched or after shaking many hands, or refraining from touching your nose or mouth until you do.  And, by all means, don't eagerly present your hand upon greeting someone when you're sick.

At the end of the day, this all goes back to the fact that our standards are dropping across the board.  I suppose, though, it's fitting.   As our population is replaced by a Third World one, our standards are just following suit.

Comments

[Cadence Storm]

I am Cadence Storm and I believe in taking back our courts and the justice system, taking back our governments and taking back our Countries. For the sake of our children Join Us Today and be a part of the Storm.
http://www.conservativestorm.com
[email protected]

[B.R. McFarlane]

The argument against evolution leading the reader into the striking portrait of special creation by devine intervention and proof for the existence of God.
Prove it to yourself!
http://www.proofevidenceandexistenceofgod.com

[Sticks n Stones]

I think I'll go sit outside and watch my Mexican neighbor pee off his front porch. Si, si, I'd enjoy some of those bueno homemade tortillas. Gracias.