Monday, April 27, 2009
Dilemma 4/27/09
. . . . Looking for
signs to quiet fear, I creep
closer to his bed and hear
his breath come and go, holding
my own as if my own were
all I paid. Nothing I bring,
say, or do has meaning here.
--Philip Levine
You have the magical power to stop one and only one of the following two scenarios. Which would you prevent?
1. A very contagious flu affects most of the people in your neighborhood.
2. A very contagious flu affects most of the people in another country.
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Since my husband would be at ground zero for a health crisis here, I gotta prevent #1.
I think it depends on what country we're talking about. If it's a country with a v. large population (e.g. India or China), then prevent #2. (A billion+ people with the flu at the same time? That'd be overwhelming for any health system, even if it's no worse sickness-wise than standard flu.)
OTOH, if we're talking Monaco or Liechtenstein, for example, then prevent #1.
(But it's not like that "very contagious flu" is going to respect borders anyhow ;-))
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