Truth!!

The current book I am reading is the third of the Newsflesh trilogy by Mira Grant entitled Blackout. I am enjoying this book greatly, and thank my Uncle immensely for introducing me to this trilogy. This book is set in the future when we have found a cure for cancer and a cure for the common cold (goodness wouldn't that be great) but unfortunately when this occurs in a single person the two cures meet and cause spontaneous amplification (AKA you reanimate into a zombie).

For those of you who like science fiction books you will love this trilogy. The first two books had a lot to do with politics and the game playing that comes along with any sort of politics. The second has to do with conspiracy and the ramifications of the last book. The third has been taking a turn that I was not expecting but have been loving. It deals with the issue of clones and governmental cover-ups. The CDC has been a large part of all of these books. As a medical professional I know, and have a large amount of respect for, the CDC. Not to sound to much like a conspiracy nut but I know that the CDC is light-years ahead of the game and filtering what the public gets presented. There is no way they can't. There has to be some sort of censorship; otherwise if things were leaked people would demand answers and if something went wrong along the way the CDC would be the bad guys for not being positive about something before it was presented. I get that. However, I do wonder sometimes where the moral/ethical line is drawn.

I know we have been working on cloning organs. How great would it be for a loved one to never have to wait on an organ waiting list because it can be regenerated. And to be cloned from your own DNA to ensure you would not reject it. I wonder though how much of the genetic coding has to be altered to ensure that the same course of events does not start all over again. If your heart failed the first time around was it due to environmental conditioning or genetics? What is going to stop your heart from failing the second time around? Other than the ethics committee, are people questioning this? Are other health/government organizations moving forward with this with or without these questions being answered?

This book asks this same question and one of protagonists suggests the truth above all else. There is a quote from the protagonist's blog that goes as such: 'Given a choice between life and death, choose life. Given a choice between right and wrong, choose what's right. And given a choice between a terrible truth and a beautiful lie, choose the truth every time.' I really like this quote and it has gotten me thinking that our world is populated to the max, how many of us live by this kind of code? I have prided myself on treating others as I would want others to treat me. I give honesty and would like the same in return. I have noticed that sometimes I am brutally so, but what are you going to do?

I choose life, right, and the truth. Which do you choose?