Plan For The Future

Plan For The Future

After you are well again, you may wish to indulge in some
philosophy. How did an obscure virus–a snail virus!–become a
human virus? This is not so bizarre. After all, rabies virus comes
to us from animals, and many encephalitis viruses come from
mosquitoes. How did HIV spread so rapidly? How did a
pollutant as dangerous as benzene get to be in our very food? Are
other parasites getting set to spring on us? What must be done to
protect ourselves and loved ones from future disasters? Would
getting away from fossil fuel be a big answer? Would getting
away from preoccupation with chemistry be a big answer?
Would more disclosure of industrial practices be an answer?
Should the government agencies responsible for food and product
safety be depoliticized? Should public inspection of food
manufacturing be a right? Should disclosure of foreign origins of
food ingredients be mandatory? Would communicating with other
cancer and AIDS survivors be useful? The computer age would
make communication possible. Communication leads to answers.
Answers might lead to new policies. Policies supported at the
grass roots level can bring about change.
Over 50 case histories of cured HIV victims are the subject
of another book17 along with more detailed instructions and
suggestions.