There is an interesting new series called Counterpart. It's about a parallel Earth or universe, where things are slightly different on the other side compared to ours. An event in the past created two worlds from one, where the two worlds diverged and went on different paths from that point on.
The setting we see in both worlds is Germany, where the parallel realities are kept secret from the public world, but Visas are issued to allow certain people to travel form one world to the other.
They apparently have no climate change like we do, the oceans are clean it seems, and they have a high level of development in fighting diseases and illness. They have cures for things we don't, apparently from the development of vaccines.
The part about fighting illness is what I want to show regarding how controlled and fearful the other world has become of illness.
To watch a movie at the theater, they show a public service announcement about reporting illness or face the consequences:
"With winter in the air, there's never a more important time to update your inoculations. You can do it with your physician, or at the nearest clinic. Bring your friends, bring your family."
"And remember, when we let ourselves be vulnerable to disease, we put our loved ones at risk."
"If someone you know is showing symptoms of illness and isn't seeking help, you must report this to your neighborhood clinic."
"Failure to report the illness of your loved ones is punishable by fine, jail sentence, and possible quarantine."
Personal health is public health."
People walk around with face masks:
They also put their hands through disinfecting stations periodically, in fear of getting sick, which would force them to report themselves for sickness.
Because if you don't report yourself for being sick, you're a criminal who has failed to report your sickness/illness.
If you buy a new home, you're encouraged to get a disinfecting team to ensure there isn't any risk of contracting any illness.
One traveler coming back from our world brings back some cigarettes, and forgets to declare it at the other world's customs. He is then taken into custody for possible quarantine or punishment.
Everyone in this other world may be forced to take vaccines under law in order to fight the threat of illness or disease.
I find the portrayal of this alternate world foreshadows some troubling aspects of our own world and times we live in, where people are increasingly becoming fearful of getting some sickness, illness, or disease. There is an increasing demand for the support of vaccines regardless of any potential harm that is demonstrated, to even champion forcing people to get vaccinated against their free will choice to not have vaccines injected into them or their children.
Yesterday I did a post about gossip having its use for evolutionary purposes. It would seem that in this alternate world, gossip about someone's health condition would be used in an evolutionary capacity (so to speak), so as to promote survival of the species, coming from a position of fear of humanity becoming extinct from being wiped out by some illness or disease.
What do you think about such a world?
Is this a world you would like to live in?
When does our free will choice to not have things injected into us get thrown out the window, where centralized authorities get to decide things for us?
Have your say, speak your mind.
Thanks for reading :) Peace.