A recent report in Metro News on November 12, 2009 in Vancouver B.C. Canada was a real wake up call for everyone.
According to the story many persons during the recent H1N1 epidemic scare , including hockey players, staff of private colleges and others have went into survival mode jumping the queue to get their H1N1 vaccination ahead of others.
Professor Scott Schieman a University of Toronto Sociology professor says it is all about their personal "survival mode".
According to Schieman when threats like the swine flu (H1N1 virus) erupt many persons will do whatever it takes to ensure t heir personal survival.
Their selfish actions upset many persons but it should wake the rest of us up, realizing that there are many persons in the world like that, people who would do anything to ensure their personal survival regardless of how it affected others and take steps to make sure that we have a personal survival plan for ourselves and our families and practiced putting into action so we are prepared to survive any natural or man-made disaster.
In any natural disaster, although their have been some heart-warming accounts of people going out of the way to rescue and help others after natural disasters, this might not always be the case and we should be prepared to survive independent of others around us if they are not so willing to put others ahead of themselves.
Being prepared to ride out any disasters will also put you in a much better position to be able to help others who are caught unprepared or in situations beyond their control.
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