2ndly, as I did not get a copy of the TNP and from the info of this story here, I understand that TNP printed her NAME (or is it full name)?

May I know WHAT RIGHT has the TNP to print her name? Does the TNP has a court order to put out her name and shame her like a criminal?

3rdly, it doesn’t matter whether Dr. Khaw or SPM Lee Kuan Yew or even if Queen of England spoke or warned against travelling but IS SOMEONE HERE ADMITTING THE GOVERNMENT HAS A PART TO PLAY IN THIS BLAME GAME?

Let’s stop argueing and defending the TNP – if and when they have done wrong. Who instigated TNP to print the victim’s name?

If the government is using this episode as a reason or excuse to regulate the internet, oh yes – start so by regulating TNP more strictly please.

Pay attention to what’s being said by the big shots – are they saying that only H1N1 vaccine can save those infected?

H1N1 can be cured easily with the food you have!! Look closely what Tamiflu has (last used in Sars). Hint: it’s a natural herb found in curries and soup! And some daily sunlight is able to activate/boost your immune system – sunlight is NOT the cause of freckles nor Cancer. You’ve been lied to, as I was believed margarine is healthier than butter. (Anyone who wishes to dispute this can ask me for the scientific/medical evidences. I’ll also be glad to offer you the contacts of the researchers involved.)

Your first shield of health defense is certainly not in the form of a pill or vaccine. We’ve been so brainwashed to accept that a vaccination is a must for newborns when mother’s milk should be the most important “shield” for newborns.

Singapore’s FIRST H1N1 Victim isn’t much of a BIG DEAL – here’s the REAL DEAL!  So…the “patient” is quarantined.  I would like to ask why is the media so afraid of “offending our rich rich……

When their short careers are ended ( beiing prolonged only by seeking attention and trying to be spotted ) these mainstream MSM people are rejects everywhere – these ugly journalists from Editors in chiefs downwards

For H1N1 reporting – they by now should have plenty of experience after SARs to earn their living unless there are so threatened by the new media and like the ST – get onto the offensive ….. whole load of biased old news to read nowadays….

Now it is not only ST, that is trashy, TNP is shitty as well.

While some Singaporeans are so ungracious, I think TNP would have better sense NOT to publish the name of the person who caught it….well, unless the patient escaped and the public needs to know. And anyway, TNP, the Swine Flu is quite overly-rated. People who have died from it were already weak and with other diseases.

Doctors who reveal confidential information of patients (including name) they see CAN get sued. So…..the question now is, TNP – did you just do something which was:

1. Socially unacceptable and that is not a respectable act
2. a breach of personal confidentiality – which if it is – within our local laws? And if so – a crime of breach where the patient can sue TNP? If TNP committed a breach of personal confidentiality, the health authorities who attended to the patient need to answer WHY names were given to media. (I certainly hope YOUR NAME won’t appear if YOU caught Swine Flu!!)

I left Stompers a long time ago because the more important questions or topics were practically left unanswered. What to do in a community that’s rived with unmoderated false info? Nothing….so I left.

Because she “spolit the market”.

How?

Mega events are happening in s’pore now or coming soon.

1) Great Singapore Sale…..ongoing.

2) 2009 Asian Youth Games…… from June 29, 2009 to July 7, 2009 in over 90 sporting events.

3) Singapore vs Liverpool……26 July 2009

4) FORMULA 1 RACING S’pore………25 – 27 Sep 2009

ALL these events generate lots of income for the govt. In fact, spore govt has not much revenue nowadays as TEMASEK HOLDINGS is Bleeding.

If H1N1 cases are getting more & more, who will come for these events? Tourists will not come.

Even with World Health Organisation (WHO) increase the alert BUT Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan (Not medical trained) downgrade the alert.

It is totally unnecessary to publish her name on TNP.

Sheesh…

If her name is already up in the news do you really think she will still be sitting next to you, attending the same class as you, etc?

It’s immature for trashy papers to stoop so low but equally immature for netizens to react adversely without compassion. The reanson why the Gah-men needs to come up rules every now and then in simply because there are far too many immature people around.

One classic example is how the so-called “educated (my a$$)” have to be taught by observing yellow lines drawn at MRT stations so that they can give way, queue and be gracious. Words, alphabets and every other communicable language have thus failed and only simple symbols work.

Go figure.

The medical code of ethics works along the basis of patient confidentiality. In this regard, a patient’s medical history cannot be made known to another unless the patient agrees to have them revealed. Revealing a patient’s name in this instance is as good as revealing the medical history of the patient.

MOH must carry out an investigation to find out where TNP got the information from and how it managed to get hold of the patient’s name. It has to come from somewhere, be it the ambulance driver, the hospital registration clerk, the nurses, the doctors etc. because going by the account of how the young student was so swiftly sent to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, there can be no other possible person other than those who have tended to her prior to the positive diagnosis that could have revealed her identity.

TNP must also be reprimanded by the highest office in the land for allowing such unethical news reporting. I saw on TV just last week how the people of one South American country went after a suspected flu carrier and almost tore him to shreds. We cannot have that here in Singapore and we cannot always pretend to know we know well enough that situation like this will never happen here in Singapore.

If someone’s the first confirmed case of any serious infectious disease AND is still attending classes and going for interviews, then yeah he/she deserves to have her name mentioned but if not, it is very unfair to her