http://rickinoz.com/2010/01/12/oops-indeed YABBA - Yet another bloody Brit abroad! Mon, 21 May 2012 03:16:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://rickinoz.com/2010/01/12/oops-indeed/comment-page-1#comment-9457 Graham Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:42:15 +0000 http://rickinoz.com/?p=926#comment-9457 Being even more depressing it's not just a case of how many lives but of where they live. Deaths in Third World countries won't cause change; you'll have to wait until it affects Europe or the U.S. before things start getting done. All those who suffer from malaria get nothing more than a brief mention on Comic Relief every two years and live in hope for charity mosquito nets and drugs; a couple of white blokes get bird flu and the money gets immediately splashed to find a cure. Guess which one the media covers rabidly? Being even more depressing it’s not just a case of how many lives but of where they live. Deaths in Third World countries won’t cause change; you’ll have to wait until it affects Europe or the U.S. before things start getting done. All those who suffer from malaria get nothing more than a brief mention on Comic Relief every two years and live in hope for charity mosquito nets and drugs; a couple of white blokes get bird flu and the money gets immediately splashed to find a cure. Guess which one the media covers rabidly?

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