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Dear
friends Another year is ending today. This year we have survived both man
made and natural disasters. People enjoying a peaceful morning were
suddenly fighting for their lives. Tsunami did not distinguish between
rich and poor. Today on the last day of 2004, many newspapers have
published an op-ed of a very famous TV program host. Representing one
section of population here, he stressed his readers to keep fighting for
their culture and beliefs. One thing we can easily live without is another
fight. None of us (except few) would like to hurt each other but our
stubbornness and ego make us very dangerous creatures on this planet. Most
of us know that modern human beings came around just 100,000 years ago
while dinosaurs survived 250 million years and they are dead for many
million years now. Look beyond our solar system and we are part of a
galaxy with many millions stars and then our galaxy is just a small galaxy
among millions of other galaxies. We actually are “nothing” so I
don’t know why we become so arrogant? May be we should be more humble
and try to find common grounds among us to cultivate love and
understanding. Life is too short and mother earth is too small for all
these fights. Happy New Year to you and your family
Jawad & family
Rana Jawad Asghar, MD, MPH
Epidemic Intelligence Service
Officer Surveillance, Epidemiology and Outbreak Investigation Branch
NCHSTP/DTBE
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
Coordinator South Asian Public
Health Forum http://www.saphf.org jawad@alumni.washington.edu
http://www.DrJawad.com
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