Most people think it has a lot of fun to play in water, such as swimming, surf and diving, but I don’t think so. I was never allowed to play in a pool or river by my grandmother when I was a child. I often heard that somebody drowned whatever they knew how to swim or not, meanwhile, I know bloodsuckers maybe bite people to suck blood when they work in water of paddy field. Thus, I have the impression there are something horrible in water which are uncontrolled by human being. On May 1, 2012, Aimee Copeland’s encounter is turned out my potential fear is reasonable.
According to the news “Girl With Flesh-Eating Disease Can't Remember Events”, Aimee Copeland, a 24 years old female student studying master degree, contracted a deadly flesh-eating disease after she zipped line in a river with her friend two weeks ago. Bacteria float up to surface after a storm to infect her wound on her left leg. During two weeks, the poor girl ‘s left leg and some fingers were destroyed by the bacteria and had to be cut. She relies on a ventilator of oxygen to live and still don’t know what happened to her.
Flesh-eating disease, according to Wikipedia, doesn’t mean the bacteria eat meat. The bacteria release toxins to destroy muscle and skin, after they finish destroying one part of body they will spread to other places. The disease progresses rapidly and even eventually lead to die without medical assistance. This disease sounds an old one in ancient time when medicine wasn’t developed, but it really happened today. It took two weeks to change Aimee Copeland from a beautiful and vigorous girl to a disable and dying patient. She can’t speak and even to lose her memory. Mortality rate of flesh-eating disease is up to 73%, but her family still hopes miracle would happen. How terrible it is!
I won’t talk about a pollution issue in water because everyone knows there are something disgusting or bad when the water color is green or deep yellow or dark; I won’t talk about undercurrent or vortices which probably make people stuck in water to suffocate; I won’t talk about people suddenly have a tic which makes them drown, either. What I really want to talk about is potential fear which can protect us from unexpected dangers. Maybe sometimes people with fear look a little bit cowardly, but it is exactly precious protection to them which is just ignored.Actually,you don't need to be brave always.
References
Moisse,K.(2012, May 14).Girl With Flesh-Eating Disease Can't Remember Events. abcNEWS. Retrieved May 15,2012 from http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/girl-flesh-eating-disease-remember-events/story?id=16342276
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you that fear can help us stay away from dangerous.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I also disagree with you that people don't need to be brave always.If you afraid talking with strangers,speaking loudly in front of people and going to travel alone, what kind of person u will become? I know everything has advantage & disadvantage, but we should not only focus on negative aspects,we also need to detect positive aspects.
Suppose u are the person can talk with strangers; u are brave enough to speak in front of people; u enjoy travel alone, what kind of life u will live in?
There is no problem to talk with strangers or speak publicly for me; however,I still can not travel alone, eventhough I want to try so much.Further,I am afraid of high.When I stand at a high point in an open space I cann't move without evergy.I suspects why I need to challenge my bottom line.Actually,I admire the brave people who never fear anything.I am a city animal,that means,I am a coward in wild circumstance.Ha ha,you got me!
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