Hi all! I've just received one reply, off-list, about this "pandemic thing".
>I suspect that a lot of people (not just OS list members) are either in >frank denial (disbelieving the inevitability of a flu pandemic, or >thinking it won't happen anytime soon) or in that variant of not >thinking there's anything they can do about it. Or, thinking that there >are so many needs and awful things going on in the world that are more >acute and therefore deserving of attention. Prevention is so >un-glamorous. And overwhelming sometimes. I wrote "I wonder what does this have to do with OS". My first answers go along these lines: OST is better used *before* a pandemic, because gathering in large numbers may facilitate spread of the disease. (People who get the flu can spread the virus even 1-2 days before showing symptoms. This might also be the behaviour of the new virus once a pandemic emerges.) OST needs passion and responsibility, which in turn needs perception. Perception feeds on itself, at least to a certain extent. We don't see what we don't see, so why look? Sometimes a tiger calls our attention. Different tigers (or triggers) for different people and circumstances. It's difficult to think of the unthinkable. Hard luck. OST can be used online - if there's an "online" to talk about. Some fear power disruption. There's no internet in many places. Much of the relevant action should be local anyway. To me, the most important "fact" (belief) is that the most relevant action is proactive and preventive. Just the type of action that doesn't seem to work in this particular case. Theme: How can WE help community preparation re a Flu Pandemic? http://www.fluwikie.com/index.php?n=Forum.UseOfOpenSpaceTechnology Still wondering. Lucas http://www.fluwikie.com ______________________________________________ Renovamos el Correo Yahoo! Nuevos servicios, más seguridad http://correo.yahoo.es * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
