On Tuesday, Jan. 29, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention released information about ways to better your health and safety.
But why just five minutes? Are we really limited to five minutes (or less)?
While the CDC mentions good practices every person should do, I am left wondering, who doesn't wash their hands or buckle up?
Ever since I was a little girl, I remembered to buckle up. In fact, I was the one telling my parents to buckle up. But was this normal for a child?
The National Center of Health Marketing of the CDC would not have released this information if a demographic was aware of these practices. So who exactly is the CDC marketing to? Not me. Maybe not the twentysomethings.
There's no way of telling just by viewing the site. All I do know is that it's marketed to women and they clearly say to protect "you and your families."
This is yet another campaign that wants to address problems in "today's busy society." Are we really that busy? Society thinks so. And apparently the CDC is catering to that assertion.
Either way, I am not sure how successful this campaign will be. It is hard for me to comprehend that people do not already do the suggested "five minutes (or less)" of activities to promote health and safety.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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According to recent articles by Boston surgeon Atul Gawande, not even doctors wash their hands religiously -- which accounts for some of the hospital-acquired infections that sicken and kill thousands each year.
Perhaps this CDC campaign isn't so misguided, because if health care providers aren't doing this I doubt that regular civilians are doing better.
As for buckling up, one of Georgia's strangest laws is not requiring seatbelt use in pickup trucks. What's that about?
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