So a bridge collapses in Minneapolis, and now CNN is reporting that America’s entire infrastructure is on the verge of destruction and we’re all going to die. So now — according to the news media — all bridges, water plants, piping under the cities, buildings we live and work in — everything — is suddenly a big ticking time bomb.
Yes, bridges need to be inspected. Yes, things should be looked at and repaired. But the news media has seized on this and is trying its best to make you panic.
Why? For your safety? Are they using fear mongering to help you, the viewer? To call attention to what needs to be done?
No. They’re doing it so they can keep you glued to your television, so they can sell more advertising.
Even if one bridge collapses every year and kills a hundred people, the odds of you ever being involved is about one in three-hundred-million. That’s the same odds as you winning a million dollar jackpot in a Lotto drawing.
Don’t panic, my friends. Let’s mourn the loss of life and do what is necessary to keep it from happening again, but at the same time, let’s look at it as it really is: a sad but very unlikely event. Given enough time, the unlikely does happen.
But the unlikely is nothing to fear, otherwise you may as well never leave your home.
