Do we want the NHS protected?

Cameron thinks so.

This is a complex subject so lets tackle it in small steps.

Was the spending of £2 bn on Swine 'Flu wise? Did we need protecting? (follow the "flu " label for what has been said before)

Are we spending too much money and prescribing too many drugs? (ditto "drugs" label)

It has been found that children who are exposed to germs (including animal shit) end up growing up healthier - though the others die. Do we put too much emphasis in taking over what our bodies have evolved to do naturally?

Is keeping people suffering from dementia, alive with feeding tubes (which is being required in some "Care" Homes) "good" or "evil"? It sounds like living hell to me.

Does the NHS take over our lives with the attitude "We know best how to keep you alive" when we don't want to live anymore thank you very much ? Is not quality of life the most important? Each one of us defines this in different ways, but are we consulted on how we want to live?

Is the purpose of the NHS solely to help our bodies do what they do exceedingly well without interference?

Have we been brainwashed into thinking that living as long as possible is more important than living short quality lives? Do we just want to stay alive as we can't face up to the idea of dying. We can't even use the word "died" but use the euphemisms:"passed away", "joined the great majority" (which is no longer true!)

Richard Nordquist writes concerning taboos

"Some folks in hospital "expire" there. And, according to hospital records, others experience "a negative patient-care outcome" or "a therapeutic misadventure." However, such mishaps can't be nearly as disappointing as the patient who has "failed to fulfill his wellness potential."

So of these answers could lead to the NHS not costing very much at all!

The arrogance of humans

Once again our attitude is that we are above nature.

This time it's swine 'flu.

We waste masses of energy and disrupt hundreds of thousands of lives, doing phenomenal psychological damage over something we have very little control over if we're really honest.

I regularly wake up with a sneeze which is quickly dealt with and it's over.

If I was riding into work on the Tube in London, as I used to, can you imagine the kerfuffle there would be, with at least some dirty looks from ignorant people and much more likely, worse.

Would you dare go on holiday by air at the moment if you picked up the mood of the panicky public?

Since when did we lose the freedom to think and make decisions for ourselves. I hope people won't lie on their backs and play doggy dead over this one.

Sanity Rules, OK. ?

Swine 'flu - surprise, surprise

So it's spreading.

And it can't be contained.

Having scared the living daylights out of the public with this epidemic, they now start telling us that it isn't dangerous, and that that drugs won't be used other than in severe cases.

Something we knew at the very beginning.

So, why the massive publicity and expenditure?

A smoke-screen for government failings elsewhere?

More Government dishonesty. When are they going to be straight with us ?

And when are people going to stop listening to political leaders that are trying to score points of the others?

Will the public start to follow those that try to tell us the honest truth even though it's tough and potentially "political suicide"?

Some time in the distant future it will be political suicide to cover up the facts.

How many decades will this take?

Swine 'flu - a media frenzy

Is it time to stop reading the papers and watching TV; and just get on with life?

Let's have some reporting done when there is something real to report.

Thankfully some reporters put us straight.

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