Changing Risks Require RM Vigilance One evening last week, the anchorperson on a local news station opened with a story on how the world has changed: people are now concerned with SARS, West Nile virus and even monkey pox.
Elaborating on the need for personal risk management, the anchorperson mentioned that a later report would feature medical experts discussing how individuals could manage their own risks in the changing landscape of global dangers.
This seemed contradictory to other newscasts that featured stories about injured parties who allege that everyone else is responsible for the troubles they caused themselves. There are stories, for example, about suits against the fast-food industry alleging complicity in making so many people fat. We also hear reports about rising health care costs that are, at least partially, caused by unhealthy lifestyles, and reports about the number of highway deathsdeaths that might have been averted if driver and passengers had been wearing seatbelts.
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