This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Thursday, 11 November 2021
Injecting Poison Will Never Make You Healthy?
It seems rather sad that sections of the 'wellness industry' (especially in the US) have been rigorously pushing antivax rhetoric (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/11/injecting-poison-will-never-make-you-healthy-how-the-wellness-industry-turned-its-back-on-covid-science). There are some good things in the wellness industry. It is sensible to avoid smoking, take little or no alcohol, to avoid becoming obese, to adopt a healthy diet and to take regular exercise. Some prominent wellness folk, however, do not seem to appreciate that being able to live in this fashion, takes money. They are in a somewhat priviledged position and being hyper-individualistic. One recently said, "We're taught that 'germs' and genetics make us sick so we don't have to take responsibility for our toxic lifestyles". This implies that people who become ill, are simply not trying hard enough. The people dying from Covid infections are dismissed as folk with disabilities or 'those who are already sick, obese or old'. Guess what, we all have a chance of becoming old! Having a disability or illness doesn't mean you are disposable. Sections of the wellness industry appear to regard modern medicine as a form of competition. Hence, the attacks. Some even seem to use antivax propaganda and misinformation as 'click-bait', to boost their social media standing. Perhaps, some proponents will eventually come to recognise they also have responsibilities for others, as well as for their own bodies?
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Noted a Curlew ( Numenius arquata ) on the Loughor estuary at Bynea.
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