Last week a video was sent to the daily universe online at http://universe.byu.edu/opinion about the recent missionary training center drop off policy. For those who don’t know, the swine flu has hit pandemic proportions all over the world. Because of this, the MTC, or missionary training center, has decided to have a three minute drop off session for all reporting missionarys. Young men and woman are literally being kicked out of the car with little time to say good bye to the family. Being that I have seen two of my brothers dropped off I decided to take a stand on this issue. I understand that the mtc is just trying to take precautions but how bad is the swine flu anyways? Yes there are some cases in the united states of deaths occurring from this illness but to the amount of deaths per year caused by regular flu this so called swine flu seems small and insignificant. In fact, my roommate currently has it and I am in no hurry to get out of the apartment. I believe that the MTC should take on that same attitude and allow familys to spend a little bit more time with their missionaries.
Colter Conway
