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by eye_of_tiger » Sat Jun 06, 2015 11:01 pm
Your mother has my deepest sympathy as being an elderly diabetic patient is difficult enough to have to deal with, without having to put up with all this added stress every year.
And of course with her limited savings, she does not have the option of moving to another state where the effects of the annual heatwave are less severe or effectively absent.
They say that it is a combination of the excessive heat and high water content in the air or humidity which is the main cause of their chronic fatigue. Once the air temperature exceeds the blood temperature which is normally 37.2 degrees Celsius, one of the body's most effective ways of getting rid off heat is blocked.
Is there any chance that the water supply where your family lives is contaminated, as I thought that constant boils developing over the entire body are often a symptom of a buildup of toxins in the bloodstream?
Also do you believe that the high death rate in such areas each year is largely ignored by your government because of the huge number of people who are affected and a lack of public money and other resources to be able to give them the support which would be expected in countries with a smaller population, with more money to spare for the poor and ill and elderly.
Sorry about all these questions but I must admit that I am having great difficulty accepting why this type of natural and human disaster is still being allowed to destroy so many lives in the 21st century.
I am also not proud of our current Federal government who have made major cuts to the foreign aid budget to balance their books. I feel that they have forgotten that people's needs are basically the same wherever they live on this planet, and that we are all citizens of the world and not just citizens of the country of our birth.
I think that modern Australian society insulates us from the suffering of others who are not so fortunate, and it was with this in mind that I posted this in an attempt to make our members in more affluent countries.more aware of and have greater empathy for their fellow human beings.
To me loving, respecting and caring for each other regardless of any differences between us, is the highest religion of all.
Namaste,
EoT