Is it the same as putting a pink ribbon on breast cancer? Don't get me wrong here, I think the ice bucket challenge is raising awareness of a horrible disease and it is increasing donations to a worthy organization (unless you are Catholic and have a problem with the stem cell research they advocate). Before you grab your big bucket of ice water and are thankful this challenge is going around in August and not in January, please take a moment to think.
Is what the ice bucket challenge is doing for ALS more than what a pink ribbon does for breast cancer? Seriously.
For everyone who wore a pink ribbon or did the ice bucket challenge can you please tell me three specifications on each disease? Statistics, or life expectancy, or number of people living with it? What does ALS stand for - spell it and pronounce it without looking it up?
While awareness is great and donations are even better, we all need to step out of our little bubbles and learn about these horrible diseases - and there are many more - and what else can be done besides painting the world pink or pouring ice water on your head.
And is this just a passing fad? Or will it be an annual event every summer where the world pours ice water on their head to make a horrible disease look easy and then everyone dries off before pulling out the pink stuff?
2 comments:
My family did the challenge today, but only after I drilled it through my daughter' she ad that we needed to learn about the disease AND what the ALS organization planned to do with the money. She gave a summary of both in our video. Later in the day I saw Martha Stewart's farce of an ice bucket video. She didn't even mention ALS! Appalling. ~Kate Has Cancer
Stumbled upon your blog, thought you'd might want to know, since it has to do with both als and cancer:
I recently published my article on newly researched natural medicinal plants and their potential for reversing the progression of ALS, Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. It can be found at:
http://ayahuascatreatment.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/ayahuasca-ethnobotanical-medicine-for-treatment-of-als/
It is the culmination of several years work, having studied ethnobotanical medicine and the field of neurodisease, making connections between the two in the search for something viable in terms of an alternative treatment option. I have been greatly motivated by the unfortunate loss of a close friends' mother due to ALS some years ago. Hopefully, you will find it an important topic. It is currently being discussed on several online forums related to the subject matter.
I wish you a nice day, and that you share this information, should you find it interesting.
Regards,
Daniel Gustafsson, Sweden
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