And Texas Caves In
The last bastion of sanity has jumped on the "stay at home" bandwagon. They just sent me an email that they have closed all state parks to save the 1% who may die from the dreaded super virus. Texas...
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The other 34% are ugly or stupid.
NJRVer wrote:pnichols wrote:rltorpey wrote:
The best defense against a Pandemic is to be basically healthy and to have a strong immune system. There are a lot of pathogens in the environment and you can't live in a bubble forever. SARS-CoV2, influenza, MRSA, rhinoviruses, noroviruses. Chances are good that you're going to be exposed and your best defense is to be healthy in the first place and to have a strong immune system that can fight off the disease.
Stay fit by exercising regularly, eat a mostly healthy diet, try to get enough sleep, find a way to relieve stress other than eating (exercise helps), don't smoke. It's really pretty simple.
We transport a lot of patients who are my age and younger who are in terrible health and it's often due to lifestyle choices. These people are high risk not just to Covid 19 but also to influenza, coronary artery disease, diabetes, stroke, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Many of our patients now are so obese that we have to call the fire department for lift assist because 2 of us can't lift them into the ambulance.
We could blame the healthcare system but at some point it comes down to each of us being responsible for our own health and not letting ourselves become a burden on the healthcare system and a burden on society. There will always be patients who struggle with diseases that are beyond their control. Type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, many forms of cancer. Those people all have my deepest sympathy and I am honored to be able to assist them. But we have way too many people in this country who have serious health problems that are the result of poor lifestyle choices. I'm happy to assist them, too, but I wish they would start doing some of the things that they could do to help themselves.
You're right on the money with this ... well stated indeed!!!!!
Of course across-the-board lifestyle improvements like you describe - if made by the bulk of the human race - would make us close to a super-race.
We haved looked the enemy in the face ... and it is partially us.
Sure, in a perfect world.
66% of the current population in the US is classified as overweight or obese.
That would translate into a whole lot of dead people.
