Friday, May 1, 2009
Swine Flu?
What the hell is going on in the world right now? I typically mock conspiracies regarding the government but today I have one of my own. The so called, "Swine Flu" has taken over the media. Every news stations is talking about it! North Texas University shut down today. This closing comes only after the state of Texas decided to close the entire 80,000 student Ft. Worth Independent School District. On top of that, over 400,000 students are out of school for the next 9 days. Now, here comes my conspiracy. Running a school is a very expensive job. Think of all the water, electricity and other expensive utilities students use every day in their schools. It adds up. Just the other day I read an article discussing the proposed plans to only operate schools 4 days a week to cut costs. How convenient? I believe these "precautionary" measures are simply undercover tactics to help local governments retain money during a recession. Maybe I am wrong, but why would 400,000 students be out of school due to the potential contamination of about 20? Furthermore, why are they out of school for 10 days? Do they think this epidemic is going to get better before they even find a vaccine. You may counter my argument by saying, "they're going to make the missed days up in the summer" but they're not! The state of Texas, which harbors over 75% of the students missed, has announced that these missed days will NOT be made up. This is the same state that required students to make up school days in Houston after Hurricane Rita. Are you kidding me!? They're probably saving millions and if I was a student being exempt from finals next week, I would probably not be complaining. Nevertheless, it's wrong. There's something fishy going on here. It's not like the kids missing school are just staying home spraying themselves obsessively with Lysol. The younger ones are being put into nurseries for the week. HA! THAT'S SMART.
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Hm... your thoughts are definitely interesting, but I really don't think the government has made this one up. The first death from Swine flu has already been reported, and in closing schools, I think the government is only taking precautions that truly are necessary. Sure there are some really manipulative people out in this world who would do anything to save a little money, but I'd like to think that the people who we've elected to run our country aren't of that sort. Have a little confidence in our nation! If anything, we need as much of it as we can get if such a disease starts to really spread. Schools are breeding grounds for diseases like this with the amount of kids with weak immune systems so concentrated. I'd much rather be listening to school closings on the news than death reports.
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