Haileybury Gazette | Hope | Issue 9

THE ONE
RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU
BY ANUAR K
NOURISH
TO
FLOURISH
One of the main privileges that the 21st century has presented to the modern world is the
ever-effective and accessible world of medicine. Back in the old days, even the richest of
kings lacked the same access to medicine, that an ordinary citizen of the developed world
now has. In the last century, the life expectancy of an average person has risen from 30 to
70 years of age. But the skepticism of modern medicine has caused many physicians and
pharmacists to argue that the number could be even higher if “people just took their damn
pills”.
The mistrust of modern medicine is a
widespread problem caused by a
plethora of different factors. Many
people are simply frightened by the
potential side effects that their
treatment can carry. Others are more
preoccupied with the cost of medicine,
believing that most doctors’ objective is
not the wellbeing of the patient, but
rather the selling of as many products as they possibly could. Whatever the reasoning behind
this mindset, the end result is patients who don’t take their prescription medication properly.
However, the same people accused of neglecting personal health, when found responsible
for their pets’ well being - be it a dog, cat or a capybara - tend to take care of them in a
much more punctilious manner than they take care of themselves.
Despite having just as much rationale to distrust a veterinarian as much as a normal
physician, when it comes to people administering the proper medication to their beloved
pets, they are far more diligent. You may ask yourself, why? Well as stated above, there
aren’t any obvious reasons as to why a standard doctor might have more malicious intentions
than a veterinarian. Furthermore, if you never really cared about your pet to inquire about
the possibility of harmful side-effects or substandard quality of the medication, then you
would have never even taken them to the vet in the first place. Thus, the logical conclusion is
that you simply care for your pet more than yourself. This is the main reason as to why
people are better at administering prescription medication to their pets.
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