Health Officials in Christchurch, had their pleas, deliberately ignored yesterday.
Rather than stay at home, in isolation, some of the small number of confirmed local carriers, amongst the Samoan community, choose instead, to attend Church.
This utter contempt, for the community as a whole, amongst some religious attendees, also looks to be an on-going issue.
As the Canterbury Medical Officer of Health, Alistair Humphrey, frames it “members of the community had a stronger desire to attend church, when they were feeling unwell”.
With this naive mind-set pervading parishioners, surely it was in the greater communities benefit as a whole, to simply close- down the ‘unnamed’ Church in question, until it was cleared?
Let’s not forget class attendance by a relative of one of these parishioners, resulted in the same authorities closing a class at Burnside High School.
So whilst the Canterbury Health Department feels it is compelled to act in a draconian fashion, when it comes to schools – it is reluctant to tackle exactly the same issue, of mass-contamination, in a religious setting.
Rather than up-set a small number of ignorant carriers of swine flu, who believe in Gods power to heal over that of modern medicine, the local Health Authorities, are happy putting at risk the health and economy of the entire population.
Like the school-class at Burnside High, the Samoan Church currently floating health warnings, should also be closed.
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Much as I enjoy reading your posts, I am delurking to quibble: You are overusing commas (try reading the post out loud).
e.g.
Rather than stay at home, in isolation, some of the small number of confirmed local carriers, amongst the Samoan community, choose instead, to attend Church.
should read
"Rather than stay at home in isolation, some of the small number of confirmed local carriers amongst the Samoan community choose to attend Church instead."
e.g.
This utter contempt, for the community as a whole, amongst some religious attendees, also looks to be an on-going issue.
should read
"This utter contempt for the community as a whole, amongst some religious attendees, also looks to be an on-going issue."
Great posts, though! I'm impressed.
Considering I wrote this off the cuff, in less than 15 minutes at work. I don't frankly, to quote a famous movie-line (using as many annoying commas as I can now muster)- give a damn!
As you point-out, Blogs by their nature are about getting the point across, rather than seeking grammatical brownie-points.
Probably spelling mistakes as well, being a dyslexic, which I similarly shown disdain to.
Cheers.
Paul,,,,,,,,,
No worries.
Carry on! :)
on man!..you think its fun?
People with regular exposure to pigs are at increased risk of swine flu. More than 1100 people worldwide have died from swine flu since it emerged in Mexico and the US in April, according to the latest figures from the World.
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