H-EQ4

EQ #4** Why is it important to balance personal, short-term benefits and society’s long term welfare?

Cindy
Why is it important to balance personal, short-term benefits and society’s long term welfare? It is important for a person to be clean and healthy because disease is __very easily spread__, especially at crowded areas or countries. It is very simple for a person to just wash their hands often, or cover up your nose or mouth when one sneezes or coughs, but it is very important to a big society. Having good habits both prevent disease and the spread of disease. So people must not be selfish, and consider and think about other people's health, while prevent diseases and staying healthy.

I really like Celine's examples about touching the chips when sharing them with friends. And also about cooking. They are great examples I have never wondered about before.

Washing your hands is a good and simple way to prevent the spread of disease. http://myuminfo.umanitoba.ca/index.asp?too=100&eve=8&sec=143&npa=8522

Glarence
It's important to balance personal, short-term benefits and society's long term welfare because nowadays, it's very easy to spread certain sicknesses and diseases. That's why it's necessary to do things like washing your hands, covering your coughs and sneezes with your elbow, staying home if you're ill, eating well cooked food, exercising, etc. If no one did the things like I listed above, then our whole world will become sick! Imagine yourself walking into a building full of sick people! That's pretty bad! Of course, there are people who don't care about others in the world, but if you want to make a change, then you should start now.

I like the fact that Cindy said that diseases spread even more easily through crowded areas. She also had many other good examples showing why it's important to balance personal, short-term benefits and society's long term welfare.



David
It is important to balance personal benefits, short-term benefits, and society’s long-term welfare because what you save society might lose. Nowadays it is extremely easy to spread diseases so you must put aside some of your own personal benefits to help society. That is why it is important to wash your hands, cough and sneeze in your elbow, wear a mask if you are sick or just stay at home; cook food till it is well done, don’t use antibacterial soaps, and don’t make physical contact with the sick. These little things might cost you a little time but they can help others around you a great lot. I like how Glarence when a step further and said what would happen if no one in the world did these things and that everyone was sick. http://www.unicef.ca/portal/Secure/Community/502/WCM/KIDS/kidsRoom/assets/271/5.jpg This is just one way disease can spread but this is preventable by just staying home when you are sick! =Angela= Most of the time, people just don’t care or bother to prevent their spread of disease; they just wanted to save their time and choose not to spend just a little for the society. It’s important to balance out our personal, short-term benefits with the society’s long-term welfare, because (for example) even if you saved time, you might be doing something not really helpful to the society, which, in the end, might not do you any good. Just by doing simple stuff such as washing your hands after coughing or sneezing, after going to the bathroom, and after returning home from public, and using sharing eating utensils to pick up food from the table etc. we can help the society to a better life. With these, there will be a less chance for others, including you, to become sick. If not, people in your surroundings and in public will catch disease fairly more easily by touching the objects you’ve touched with the disease you might have. So why not spend just few minutes of your time to lead the society to a long-term welfare?

I really like how David said “ what you save society might lose” because I think it is meaningful for us to keep in mind. [] Washing your hands can wash away germs and make you clean, as well as preventing you from spreading diseases.

=Celine= Why is it important to balance personal, short-term benefits and society's long term welfare? I think it is important, because nowadays, some people share what they eat, and a lot of people don't always wash hand before they eat something. For example, when you eat chips with your friend, you will have to touch a lot of chips even though you just need one. Then, the touched chips will go to your friend's mouth. Not only washing hand, but it can also happen to some people who works in the kitchin. If they are tired and want to finish their work quickly, they won't wash spoons or dishes very well. Then, someone who uses those will be infected if someone who used them before is sick. So, I think just because someone wants to benefit and save some time, doesn't mean that he/ she can do something that will make someone sick.

I liked Angela's that it is very simple and straight to the point with specific example.

=Tiffany= Go to the mall by foot or go to friends house by foot if it is close enough. Saving fuel for the cars. I see many people getting off the bus at my stop and taking a car to their house

That is such a wast of fuel. When you add up little little ammount of fuel, it will be a lot. And remember, save whenever you can. But people often say that is saving time. Yes, it does save time but what about your health? You can walk to your house, actually walking helps you exercise.

Other than that if you think it is too far to walk and takes a lot of time, you can ride a bike. If you have a place to park your bike near the bus stop. Biking is also good for your health and also considers as ‘EXERCISE’. And at least, you don’t waste any fuel of travelling from your house to the bus stop and get on another vehicle.

Take a walk whenever you have time because the air inside the house or your car might not be that fresh as the air outside. Breathing clean and fresh air is very important for our lives. If a person coughs in your house, you don't open the window to let fresh air in; then you will be breathing the germs and disease. Also, you might even be sick. Again, it is better to walk outside from the bus stop. 2 benifits; one you can exercise, second you can breathe in fresh air.

[] Comments: I really like Celine’s because sharing chips without washing your hands is really important.

Alex
It’s easy for most people to go for the personal short-term benefits. If you need to get in line before people start filling it up, don't wash your hands. If you wipe your nose on a tissue and there is no trash can nearby, easy! Just throw it on the ground and problem solved. If you think of the long-term, you probably wouldn’t do any of those actions. Not washing your hands won't rid your hands of the harmful pathogens, which you might pass on to everyone else, causing an epidemic. What about the tissue on the ground? 1. It doesn't look good. 2. Your mucus is all over it. 3. It might be infectious, and then might cause an epidemic. Small things really matter. And anyway, you should always wash your hands. You're also in danger of yourself if you don't.

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Lukas
Why is it important to balance personal, short-term benefits and society’s long term welfare? It is important to start with your personal hygienic to protect yourself, your family and the world around you. It is helpful to use a tissue, wash your hands after using the toilette, change your cloth regularly, cough in your elbow and stay at home when you are sick. If we work like a team we can stop diseases to spread around. The development of vaccinations was a big success in the human world.We can fight with chemicals against pathogens but without harming the environment. We have to find the right balance so everybody can live in nice, clean and healthy environment. Alex made a good point by saying that small things really matter and we should reflect our own behaviour and for example we should not throw tissues on the floor.

=Esther= You might want to put off some clean habits if you're lazy or don't feel like doing it for some reason. It isn't good to. Forgetting to wash your hands or wiping your nose on your sleeve can easily lead to infecting others with a disease. You don't have to wash your hands every minute, but it's important to after you've touched alot of things or have been somewhere where there might be diseases, like the hospital. We can be lazy sometimes, but we still need to remember to keep our enviroment healthy and clean. Lukas made a good point there, "If we work like a team we can stop diseases to spread around. " If we try hard to keep ourselves clean, we can minimize the amount of diseases everywhere.

http://lifeindaburbs.com/wp-content/uploads/handwashing_e.gif Washing your hands is one of the most basic and major ways to keep yourself clean.