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To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (5727)	7/8/2001 3:28:22 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Maybe this ...Maybe we should stop thinking about the coming financial collapse and start thinking positive things... stop discussing 99 ways the world may fall apart and find - lets make it 9; - ways to make it better. It's naive, I know. M. Jackson singing "we are the world..." comes to my mind. Kept few millions from dying from hunger in the XX. (spelled twentieth) century though. Maybe, just maybe this belongs on the philosophy board. M

To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (5727)	7/8/2001 3:43:03 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Hi DJ - Are we off topic? Is preventing the coming global financial collapse (of whatever year) on topic or off topic? >>eradicate AIDS<< I expect that by now most, if not all, countries have adopted practices to prevent the spread of AIDS through blood transfusions - I hope so, anyway. The best way to eradicate sexually-transmitted AIDS is through monogamy - absent that, condoms. If you can figure out a way to keep people from screwing around, or at least use condoms, congratulations. Education is the only thing I can think of. >>eradicate Malaria<<>>eradicate TBC<<>>achieve 20% y. decrease in infant mortality for next 10 years<< Number one cause of death worldwide, lower respiratory infections. Number two, tuberculosis. Number three, diarrheal diseases. Number four, AIDS. Number five, malaria. Number six, hepatitis. agen.ufl.edu Annually, 33% of deaths worldwide are due to infectious and parasitic diseases. 29% due to diseases of the circulatory system. Most of which are preventable - clean water, sanitary waste disposal, personal hygiene, sanitary housekeeping. If not prevented, treatable - most of the people who die of diarrheal diseases (number one cause of infant mortality) would survive if given supportive fluids containing electrolytes and sugar. Antibiotics, of course, although there is the problem of drug resistant disease. niaid.nih.gov Do we have the will to do this? There is, in the back of our minds, the fear of overpopulation, isn't there? Why else are governments in the Third World callously indifferent to the human suffering of their populations? Isn't fatalism convenient? Even if you can't justify the status quo, if you believe you can't change it, how much easier it is to get on with meeting your own goals. >>meet Kyoto goals on time<< I think the premise of the Kyoto accord is flawed. Nevertheless, I agree that preventing pollution is imperative. >>achieve 10% yearly growth rate in childyears of EDUCATION with 5 years<< Maybe this is the most worthy goal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trying to think of ways to make the world better. It seems like your goals are mostly about establishing or improving the "safety net," and to a lesser extent imposing restraints on irresponsible. There's a common thread there, that people need to stop acting selfishly without regard for the consequences, stop doing things that hurt their neighbors, their families, and themselves, e.g., pollution and AIDS are spread by irresponsible behavior. Diarrheal diseases and tuberculosis can be prevented through sanitation but tuberculosis can't be eradicated without good antibiotics - or a vaccine. The problems that worry me the most can't be cured with soap and water, but maybe it would be better to just do what we can.