Too much attention is given to headline-grabbing disasters like earthquakes and floods. Government should concentrate their resources on educating people about the risk they face nearer to home, which can cost far more lives. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion.
A debate has ensued in varied sections of society whether policy makers should pay attention towards common perils such as crimes, road accidents, domestic violence, and so on, jeopardizing human life rather than prioritizing natural calamities. Some accept it, while others reject it. I will critically scrutinize this notion and present my viewpoint in the following paragraphs.
To start with, many are not enlightened about the menace, in myriad forms, that is ubiquitous, and is threatening public safety, but can save themselves if they are informed about it well. For example, rash driving is one of the common hazards causing numerous deaths due reckless driving, and yet no one cares about such irresponsible behaviour. Similarly, trifle crimes are increasing such as chain snatching, assault, and theft, to name a few, posing a question mark on the well-propagated congenial social environment. To corroborate, Brazil tops, as per the recently released reports, in the crime rate Index, where the population barely knows about their rights, resulting in a thirty five percent surge in crimes every year. Apart from that, preparing the populace for first aid, and CPR is more important than focusing on disasters which happen once in a blue moon; this will help save millions of lives lost due to lack of fundamental emergency aids.
Nevertheless, those skeptical about this idea advocate that policy makers should be prompt in educating people about the deadly disasters. For example, earthquakes, by virtue of striking unannounced, have the capacity to take millions of lives and destroy property worth billions, making it imperative to invest resources: emergency funds, housing, medical treatments, to help minimise the damage. They also suggest this can assist in mitigating casualties, for the populace residing in highly vulnerable areas will be able to embrace safeguards in case some natural event occurs.
To recapitulate, I concur with this notion and opine that greater emphasis should be placed on educating the public about more frequent risk as they claim more lives, for which there is no record though naturally occurring catastrophes should not also be overlooked.
