*This* is civilization -- at its very best
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If you want to know why our high-tech Western civilization is worth preserving, look no farther: just check out the Harborview burn unit, one of the best in the world. Burns are the worst wounds in the world -- and without advanced burn care and burn care units like Harborview's, burn victims would go through the endless hell they did up until modern burn care began to evolve out of its primitive origins, beginning in 1942. And it isn't just humans that benefit from modern burn care, either. Veterinarians all over the world are able to access the fruits of that evolution, so that their nonhuman burn patients get the best possible care, as well.
This sort of advanced biomedical technology and care is worth preserving. Thank God every day for the men and women of our armed services, who have put their lives on the line to preserve that civilization in the face of everything our enemies might do to damage or destroy it -- and, if you can, take some time today to say "Thank you" to those good people by donating to the USO.
And keep in mind that more and more burn units all over the country are having to close for lack of funds, depriving those who need their care most of their life-saving services and resources. Part of this is due to increasing numbers of victims of meth-lab explosions, but the tanking of our economy back in 2008 and what has followed since accounts for much more. The next time you vote, keep that in mind -- it could be your loved ones in a burn unit somewhere . . . or lacking the vitally needed care of one . . . or you yourself, someday.
If you want to know why our high-tech Western civilization is worth preserving, look no farther: just check out the Harborview burn unit, one of the best in the world. Burns are the worst wounds in the world -- and without advanced burn care and burn care units like Harborview's, burn victims would go through the endless hell they did up until modern burn care began to evolve out of its primitive origins, beginning in 1942. And it isn't just humans that benefit from modern burn care, either. Veterinarians all over the world are able to access the fruits of that evolution, so that their nonhuman burn patients get the best possible care, as well.
This sort of advanced biomedical technology and care is worth preserving. Thank God every day for the men and women of our armed services, who have put their lives on the line to preserve that civilization in the face of everything our enemies might do to damage or destroy it -- and, if you can, take some time today to say "Thank you" to those good people by donating to the USO.
And keep in mind that more and more burn units all over the country are having to close for lack of funds, depriving those who need their care most of their life-saving services and resources. Part of this is due to increasing numbers of victims of meth-lab explosions, but the tanking of our economy back in 2008 and what has followed since accounts for much more. The next time you vote, keep that in mind -- it could be your loved ones in a burn unit somewhere . . . or lacking the vitally needed care of one . . . or you yourself, someday.