Global warming, global cooling, DDT, acid rain, africanized killer bees, mad cow disease, bird flu, swine flu, nuclear war, pollution, ozon holes, crime waves, sars, aids, superbugs, genetically modified food, pesticides, west nile virus, subliminal advertising, communism, terrorism, t-cell research, anthrax, fat, electromagnetic radiation, killer asteroids, mercury poisoning from fish, oil spills, dirty bombs, bubonic plague, razorblades in apples, mad cow disease.
All these things were going to kill us all, yet here we are. I'm not saying some of these things didn't cost and will cost lives, nor am I trying to diminish the damage some of these things have caused, I am saying the attention in the media and the way they are portrayed is not equal to the actual threat they pose for the vast majority of people living on this planet. I'm done being scared. But of course, happy stories don't keep people clustered around the boob tube or keep them from changing the channels, EXPLOSIONS AND SCARES DO.
With thanks to
this video which starts off hilarious but gets VERY graphical after 2 minutes; not for the faint of heart.
edit: Oh, I've never had any type of shots since I was very young. I have the constitution of an ox and rarely get ill if I sleep enough and eat well.