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Yahoo! News Poses a Question; I Have an Answer

Date: December 3, 2007

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Recent health scares include SARS, bird flu, and ’superbugs.’ What health threat do you think looms in 2008? (This question is being asked by a Yahoo! News editor. A portion of your answer might be used as part of a Yahoo! News special.) –See here.

The health threat I see affecting Americans most in 2008 is the overwhelming fear that many will feel, thanks to media sensationalism. The greatest threat I see looming is a population that believes in such exaggeration. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go ready myself for SARS, bird flu and other superbugs, while I’m fighting the war on terror in my heart and going green. Thank God we don’t have the Millennium/Y2K Bug to worry about anymore! I really wouldn’t know what to do then.

I wonder if my answer will be deleted.

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Lelia Katherine Thomas is a 21-year-old American living in Melbourne, Australia. She journals, writes stories, creates visual artwork, takes photos and works with web design. She is a Libertarian politically, has a morbid sense of humor and really likes salty foods. More?

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