Monday, May 16, 2011

HW 55 - Culminating Project - Care of the Dead

Are Dead Bodies Dangerous?,
So after we passed enough information which relates to the care of the dead, I would like to discuss this topic because I found this really intersting and it has a myth element which could make us to think about that is it real or not.What we learned before it was a basic " Care of the Dead " things which soon or late we still have to know about it. Are Dead Bodies Dangerous?-this type of questions is very serious because it could be related to our health. We should think about very specifically because we need an evidence which could prove our questions!
"Funeral industry members frequently claim that dead bodies are a source of contagion to the public, and that embalming is necessary to prevent the spread of disease."
This quote represents an opinion of John Q.-funeral director and it means that this could be problem for our eco system and we need to find a solution for that. BUT this also which is probably just a funeral myth. Many scientific evidence were found against it but journalism makes their job! It seems terrible that in the fututre when there would be more dead bodies underground, we would breath infected particles that could be a first step of the disease.
It’s important to remember that this is not a matter of opinion, but of facts. "He said, she said" stories are not appropriate. We often see articles that read like this:

"John Q. funeral director says embalming helps prevent the spread of disease, but consumer advocates say this isn't so."
Some specialista says that dead bodies should be far away from the people and should be on the special territories which mady with special construction that will protect the clear air from the infected particles.
For example: dead bodies must be buried in a casket and a vault to prevent “contamination” of groundwater.
The myth of contagion from dead bodies is one of the most persistent of the American funeral industry, and it's important for journalists to know there is no evidence.
So we could understand that this myth is not true but I would NOY YET!because we never know,maybe someday we will reach a top of unembalmed bodies and this will be a danger for us and will affect our healt and ecology system of our system which already is not good so far. We could compare it to the research we did before and we will find a several aspects which makes this topic very different to discuss.

1 comment:

  1. It is very difficult to decide what to do with dead bodies. If they really do emit contaminants, it makes sense to dispose of them in a safe manner to prevent the spread of disease. However, dead bodies hold great importance in many cultures and must be respected. In this situation, culrural rituals and beliefs about the dead should supercede any supposed harm unless it is absolutely proven.

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