Preventive Care Should Be a Necessity

This is actually a silent yet serious matter. We might have come across such situations or probably have heard stories of such from others physically or online. The thing is, these things happen. People have been found to refuse some measure of healthy preventive care for one reason or another. It can be ridiculous, especially when one hears the reasons, and much more in relation to the nature of the situation. And you could wonder, why would people refuse such preventive care?

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Sometimes, people refuse this care and help due to their beliefs. Now, that I find disturbing. I'm glad that I've seen some desensitisation efforts towards such a mindset, especially coming from the authorities presiding over them in their beliefs. This could be said to be otherwise though for others, which doesn't sit well. For whatever kind of beliefs, medicines and all medical efforts are here to improve humanity; our health and survival rate. If something is this good, and not just by words but proven to be so, why refuse such intervention or help?

It's good that people have trust in their beliefs and and I know miracles do happen. But this preventive care available today is a blessing to life. The problem I'll have with such is when there are strings attached or something fishy and unclear. We might have read or heard of how preventive measures were used to wreak havoc under the guise of help. Such a case is a travesty. But this isn't the case here. And for that reason, I don't think people should be given much of the liberty to refuse something that important.

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The issue isn't just that they're refusing it, and they have to suffer the risks alone. Others are left to suffer it directly or indirectly. I always say that what we do affects others, either directly or indirectly. Even if they were the ones to suffer the effects directly, they involve family members and loved ones in it through treatments, care and support. In the end, they are not suffering it alone. While this can be avoided, and easing the pressure on health facilities and workers so that the real unfortunate ones have these services, they are an unwarranted addition.

When we now go to the innocent and helpless babies, and others who could be affected all because somebody or some people refuse a very important preventive care, they could be left with the issue of a cure. Expensive treatment is now involved, care, and then the pains the helpless ones who didn't make this choice would have to go through. Making such preventive care necessary and removing the option of refusal then doesn't seem like infringement of rights, because rights are meant to protect us and others. That liberty tends to do otherwise.

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Thank you for reading!