ironic how some people take advantage of a crisis situation. yesterday, a text message circulated around the archipelago warning that radioactive material will somehow find its way down the philippines by 4pm following a a nuclear accident in japan. the first sentence was correct. but the subsequent advisory warning that asian countries will be affected. and thus everybody should stay home, close windows and doors after visiting the health center for a swab in the thyroid area.
such a nuclear accident is really nothing compared to the two bombs dropped in nagasaki and hiroshima during WWII. and the adverse effects were limited to a small area. so how could a nuclear accident be a cause of concern for the rest of asia.
of course, the precaution is good. but only to those living in japan.
what worries me is how the people reacted. some schools suspended classes. some government offices sent their employees home. domino effect. without verifying the truth of the information, many reacted. others say no harm was done simply by following simple text message. i disagree. it means, people are still gullible to dubious text messages. we could have verified information first before acting.
to those who started and rode on the text scam as if it was a text brigade for some candidate in pilipinas got talent or talentadong pinoy or pinoy big brother, please stop this!
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