I'm sorry, but it cannot be true.
It simply cannot.
There is not even a remote possibility that this could have happened at any point of time, in any sphere or realm of reality or imagination.
I am speaking of one of those terrible tragedies that befell mankind. The widespread chaos and disorder, the panic among the populace, and the tragic outcomes, sadly, were all true.
I do not deny that it occurred. That it did, surely, and I say that with all certainty I can muster.
However, the problem is that it could not have happened.
It is inconceivable for it to have taken place. This delicate situation poses a risk to the very fundamental and basic concepts of probability theory. Determining the odds of an event occurring are simply of no use when something as dashedly absurd as this, an event with a probability of nil, or even slightly below, takes place. Even more so when you realise that it was not a single isolated incident, a mere blip in space-time that resulted in an insignificant anomaly, but instead a full-fledged, wide-ranging, large-scale pandemic that shook the earth and drove fear through the hearts of men.
It was highly improbable, near impossible, some would say. And the sheer ridiculousness of life, the universe, and everything made it one of the most certain things to ever have happened, simply because it was so impossible.
For there is absolutely no way to contradict, even slightly, that the H1N1 virus broke out and raged across the world.
It was not anticipated at all, by anyone. In this age of technology and modern medicine, who could possibly predict that a completely new illness would spontaneously manifest itself and pose a threat to the whole of civilization?
The idea that such a catastrophe would ever befall the human race was so worthless to contemplate that a direct question on the matter was met with a reply oozing with sarcasm and disdain.
When an expert, Y. N. Ori, was asked if there was even a minute possibility that a worldwide pandemic could break out, he, in his mirth, answered, "When pigs fly."
This commonplace expression, as we all know, is a means of stating that an event is absolutely impossible and cannot ever take place.
However, this is exactly what I have a problem with. It does not logically follow.
If pigs flying is impossible, how can you possibly say that swine flu?
It simply cannot.
There is not even a remote possibility that this could have happened at any point of time, in any sphere or realm of reality or imagination.
I am speaking of one of those terrible tragedies that befell mankind. The widespread chaos and disorder, the panic among the populace, and the tragic outcomes, sadly, were all true.
I do not deny that it occurred. That it did, surely, and I say that with all certainty I can muster.
However, the problem is that it could not have happened.
It is inconceivable for it to have taken place. This delicate situation poses a risk to the very fundamental and basic concepts of probability theory. Determining the odds of an event occurring are simply of no use when something as dashedly absurd as this, an event with a probability of nil, or even slightly below, takes place. Even more so when you realise that it was not a single isolated incident, a mere blip in space-time that resulted in an insignificant anomaly, but instead a full-fledged, wide-ranging, large-scale pandemic that shook the earth and drove fear through the hearts of men.
It was highly improbable, near impossible, some would say. And the sheer ridiculousness of life, the universe, and everything made it one of the most certain things to ever have happened, simply because it was so impossible.
For there is absolutely no way to contradict, even slightly, that the H1N1 virus broke out and raged across the world.
It was not anticipated at all, by anyone. In this age of technology and modern medicine, who could possibly predict that a completely new illness would spontaneously manifest itself and pose a threat to the whole of civilization?
The idea that such a catastrophe would ever befall the human race was so worthless to contemplate that a direct question on the matter was met with a reply oozing with sarcasm and disdain.
When an expert, Y. N. Ori, was asked if there was even a minute possibility that a worldwide pandemic could break out, he, in his mirth, answered, "When pigs fly."
This commonplace expression, as we all know, is a means of stating that an event is absolutely impossible and cannot ever take place.
However, this is exactly what I have a problem with. It does not logically follow.
If pigs flying is impossible, how can you possibly say that swine flu?
