When October Goes

When October Goes

October 2006 is nearing its twilight time. Although for the past few days, there have not been any remarkable happenings; I would like to pay tribute to the twilight of what I consider a favorable month. October has been one of my favorite months because this beckons the nearing months of winter, a prelude per se. I made myself explicitly clear regarding the aversion towards summer sunshine (please see previous posts).

My co-workers stressed that the Fall Season is one of the busiest seasons in the hospital. It is the time when flu shots and MRSA rule. This means many people in isolated rooms. People are familiar with flu, regarding MRSA: it is called Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). It is a specific strain of the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium that has developed antibiotic resistance to all penicillins, including methicillin and other narrow-spectrum β-lactamase-resistant penicillin antibiotics. MRSA was first discovered in the UK in 1961 and is now widespread, particularly in the hospital setting where it is commonly termed a superbug.” In other words, it can be considered as an un-welcomed houseguest in people’s bodies that no matter how many series of antibiotics a person ingest, it has a lingering pestilence. Hence, it was given the term “superbug.”

I am still not sure why I consider October a favorable month when I equated it to the pestilence of bacteria. Although more hospital admits would have a correlation to the MRSA and season, and would be directly remunerative to me, other than that, I find October only a prelude to holidays: Native American Oppression Day (others call it thanksgiving), Christmas and New Year.

The view that October is just like a cold spring season can also be correct. Because of global warming nowadays, such view seems to be negated. Ninety degrees Fahrenheit near the coastal area is not uncommon. In fact, David Korten in his book "The Great Turning," affirms: “If global warming triggers devastating climate change and disrupts world agriculture, financial markets will also react severely. It will be "the mother of all market corrections.”

I guess that the notion of old fashioned October when the temperature is on the high 60s and low 70s would endear this month to most people. And when October goes, what goes usually are its disadvantages: flu season, MRSA, disrupted weather (due to global warming), and what stays are the chilliness of autumn and the constancy of fleeting seasons.

Work Cited:

Wikipedia MRSA

David Korten “The Great Turning”

Blogger’s note: Although the title is similar to a title track from a Barry Manilow’s album 2:00 AM Paradise Café, such similarity is coincidental.