Save the Wee Beasties: Germ Lives Matter!

THE TRILLIONS OF tiny organisms in which we all dwell inundated, all over our skin and all over our insides, are there for a very good reason, and one should neither shower too often, nor O.D. on antibiotics. Live and let live. Germ lives matter! They keep us alive. They've been with us all along, showing unflappable loyalty, aiding and abetting our every evolutionary upward thrust. they ensured our survival from fish, to rodent, to primate, and to whatever we could become later. You are never alone. However, some of our microscopic friends are missing, as if they've either been abducted by aliens, been raptured into heaven, or become extinct. some of these missing bus are among our oldest dearest, and most vital companions, and we may have exterminated them all, every last one, with antibiotic overuse. These mass germ extinctions are likely a contributing cause of our diabetes epidemic, and our obesity epidemic. If you don't believe this, ask any microbiologist, not a conservative radio talk show host or minister of the gospel. More human folly .How much more self destructive behavior can we take? Common sense says, there's gotta be a limit. For example, right now we need one trillion saplings in the ground, alive and growing, to replace the tress we've cut down and failed to replace. We also desperately need global nuclear disarmament, massive investment in solar energy, an enormous global reduction in military spending, redistribution of income to keep a couple of billion people from starving, and maybe a couple of other incidentals. But, as of right now, we are dong none of the above. right now, it looks like we'll just continue on our merry way, letting frogs, butterflies, honey bees, and irreplaceable germs vanish from the earth. Oh well. Who cares? Just keep in mind, however; if our millions of bodily companions disappear from our bodies and from the Earth, whether due to too much soap or too much electromagnetic radiation; if they vanish, we vanish. Germ lives matter...............PLEASE SHARE THIS SITE WITH A FRIEND, AND FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT CONTRIBUTIONS, AT rbbond1955@gmail.com