As I noted in yesterday’s article, the flu shot is strongly pushed for the primary sake of the pharmaceutical pocketbook. There are numerous strains of the flu and pneumonia bugs so it is literally gambling that you might get a shot against the right one if the shot itself doesn’t cause you a number of problems.
Such is the way of life in the USA. Actual truth is very hard to find as morality decreases the value people have in not lying, stealing and killing decreases. One group or another will distort information for their goals to the level where you can believe none of them unless you dig into the topics yourself and educate yourself. (Opo, kailangang magbasa palagi!) This self-education is countered by the push of the media to dumb down their audiences and keep them sitting in front of a TV doing nothing. It is furthered by an education that ruins the ability of children and later adults to think critically by programming them on how to think or confusing them so much that they no longer care.
Shifting over to the Philippines, we have a different set of methods of approach to medical care or vaccinations. There may be some with wealth that try to copy the European / American lifestyle and get the full set of vaccinations. (Eh kasi sabi ng doctor!) Some will likely also try to get their batch of flu shots too even though that isn’t that much of an issue.
As always, what is normal for the provinces is not the norm for Manila. Different values and opportunities create different results. Since I’m not from Manila, I will not speak for them but I will for life in the provinces.
In my honest opinion, I find life in the provinces to be much healthier than the USA, European, or big city options. Why? Our food is not processed like it is in the States. (Meat o gulay nabibili po sa palengke.) It is freshly grown, raised or caught. All you need to do is wash it off and you are ready to eat fresh fruit, vegetables and with preparation the protein choices.
Do you bother with the vaccinations? Normally, you skip all but the most important ones as our exposure to the sun from working outside gives us the exercise needed and vitamin D. We stay healthy the way God intended us to stay healthy. When you get the flu bug or other illness, you recover from it naturally building up your immune system so that it is strong.
Building up my immune system the natural way allowed me to deal with illnesses in the USA quite quickly as my body fought them off quickly. Modern medicine may have some positives in diagnostic and traumatic treatment areas but give me the God given wisdom of old that doesn’t fail.
Thanks for reading,
Anah
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