America Prefers You Sick and Scared
Imagine the United States being as relentless with healthy living as it is vaccination.
We learned in grade school that viruses attack cells in the body. The unhealthier the cell, the more successful the virus is in its takeover. What it seems some have forgotten is that the purpose of a vaccine is to manipulate the body’s cells into producing customized antibodies that target and annihilate a virus. View it as a military platoon’s weapons commander during battle. The job of the commander, like the vaccine, is to equip its soldiers with advanced weaponry to combat a specific enemy. The body’s internal battle with the virus places the quality of one’s health directly on its immune system. The immune system is the commander’s platoon. The commander can make all the modern artillery available to his soldiers, but victory will ultimately be decided by the collective’s strength and attrition. So with the vaccine ranked secondary in importance to the immune system, it begs the question: Why is reactive health in America prioritized over preventative health?
To be honest, the question is rhetorical. The answer requires a deep dive into the politics of this country’s medical industry and business behind its healthcare. The current focus is how United States capitalism and consumerism trumping health ethics has left millions of Americans more vulnerable to the coronavirus. It’s about reclaiming individual agency and accountability over what we are and aren’t being encouraged to purchase and ingest.
Of course, wearing masks in public is an essential practice in protecting oneself against the ‘rona. Now America is marketing vaccination as a greater necessity. But, again, the vaccine is reliant on the immune system. If the immune system is the body’s main line of defense, why is its efficacy not ingrained in the American lifestyle like, say, apple pie and guns? 649,000 Americans perished due to Covid-19 — the most in the world. Outside of the government’s shit show of a pandemic handle, the U.S. leading the world in Covid fatalities has much to do with it also being a global leader in unhealthy consumption.
Assess earth’s most metropolis-rich countries and the U.S. protrudes as the capital of obesity (Lest we forget that Super-sized fast food gluttony was once a beloved national marketing…
