What feels like a lifetime ago, I once did a course on medical geography. I suspect when you start to focus on patterns of deaths over time and space it becomes easy to lose sight of the incredible impact of a single death on those loved ones left behind.
I'm not a news watcher but I am disappointed that my girly only became aware and concerned about Ebola when an American died, following thousands of deaths already in West Africa. I did hear something along the lines of it being highly contagious tho not highly infections. I'm ashamed to admit I can't remember the difference between the two. My plan is if there's time between the two groups I run today, to look up of the difference. I saw a fb cartoon showing fear of Ebola in America when deaths due to obesity, tobacco and alcohol are vastly higher, Maybe it's to do with the fact we often have more say over our lifestyle choices that can result in those.
As someone who frequently makes contact with others, despite my regular handwashing and hand gel usage, I guess I'm more prone to pick up their bugs, and I'm not going to stop now. Yesterday I placed a hand on someone's back as an indicator that I was about to talk to them, and I gently grasped a stranger's elbow as part of thanking them sincerely for the difference they are making by caring enough about my street to go along picking up litter. She looked very chuffed indeed.
The internet will no doubt furbish the quickest answer to my question of the morning. But I'm hoping that whilst up the loft later to get a suitcase, I will take a quick flick through my medical geography file. All those notes I took and never look back at - would hate the learning to go to waste...
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