I have a gripe with the “gripe porcina” (or “swine flu” as you “northerners” call it). And that is, what’s the big deal? People have been getting all types of flu since the dawning of civilization. Why has this one suddenly become so infamously popular. This microscopic bug is more well-known world-wide than Michael Jackson. And now we have the constant bickering about who gets the vaccine and who doesn’t. I have never been a big fan of flu vaccinations to begin with. The idea of someone injecting the flu into my body in order to protect me from the flu, just seems kind of odd. I think I have had one flu vaccination in my life and it made me sick as hell. Listen, I realize this flu can be dangerous for some people, just like any other. My son had it and he has asthma, but thankfully he got over it quickly. But this constant crisis mongering about every human malady under the sun these days is just a little depressing, don’t you think? Hollywood has caught on to the trend, or maybe has instigated it, by producing an endless array of “end of times” films. Why have we suddenly become so fixated on the idea that the “apocalypse” is just around the corner? I thought the world was supposed to end on midnight December 31, 1999. Remember all those prognostications? Well, guess what, it didn’t. Maybe things are winding down, or maybe they are just winding up….who knows? The truth is, no one does. Well, maybe the man upstairs, but I am just not buying into the idea that some of us mere mortals are gifted with insight into His future plans. We humans seem to be so infected with a preoccupation about the future that it robs us of any enjoyment whatsoever of the present. And the swine flu is just the latest in a never-ending series of reasons why we should be worried. I have told my mom many times, worrying doesn’t solve anything. What good does it do you or anyone else to be “worried” about the swine flu, or that meteor that is bearing down on our planet at this very moment….relax, I’m just kidding about that last one. You see, you’ll believe anything if it aggravates that old worry wart. I say, place piece of duct tape over that sucker and be done with it. Stop worrying and start living.
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