Hong Kong just closed down their primary schools for two weeks due to a cluster of cases in a school there. The reasons for the cases are unknown yet.

I must stress that such report is not going to do any good to our need to stay vigilant. It gives the public the perception that we are being overly cautious. This is dangerous as we all know that a virus can mutate anytime to a form that has no cure, and we will then be paying for such folly with our lives.

This is the type of fatigue minister Khaw spoke about. Just because there is no longer any excitement, we leave our guards down and before we know it, we are battling away with our lives.

I can understand the BBC’s point of view. It is because the world, particularly Europe, US and South America, have been on heightened alert levels since the outbreak of the H1N1 virus, while Singapore has been keeping it low at Yellow alert level. While the world is tiring fast, we are still ready to face the next onslaught, if any. This is proof that our approach has been a good and correct one.

True the H1N1 isn’t showing itself to be much of a threat so far. Still, it is a good practice round for the real deal. Take practice seriously and you’ll be better prepared.

1) Gilbert Goh on June 11th, 2009 3.44 pm

The reason is clear, there are two cases that are locally infected and official here had suspected that the virus may have mutated (just how vicious it had became is still unknown). It was in the news that WHO is considering raising the alarm level to its highest ‘level 6’ and it will be within days to decide. Hong Kong government had proposed to the legco to consider using 700million to purchase 2 million copies of the vaccine. Guess what, even with this huge amount of purchase order, they have to wait in line.

I urge people not to under estimate the damage this virus. The vaccine is in shortage and production cannot catch up with the spread. Any preventive measure is better than cure. It is not difficult to take precaution, just exercise more hygiene and wear a mask if you detect any sign of flu.

As for the BBC report, I simply think they are just bull. How much credibility does BBC journalist has

Never take any new virus for granted. Prevention is better than cure. True, more people died from normal flu but this does not mean one should let our guards down and be infected by the H1N1 virus. Just pray and hope that H1N1 virus will remain mild and better still disappear from this world.
Last lunar year of the Rooster, it was Bird Flu, this year, year of the Pig it is H1N1 virus (formerly known as Swine Flu), hopefully next lunar new year of the Tiger (2010), there won’t be a Tiger Flu.

I for one agree with BBC.

I am actually very tired of the fear mongering that is taking place. Yes, the virus could mutate, the bird flu could have been deadly. A meteor could also strike the earth. So? Shall I live in fear every single then? So far, to me it looks more like a great pharma exercise to sell their drug.
And we use the same old measures that worked for SARS but fail terribly here.

And what is the result of all the fear mongering? As the general population isn’t that smart and highly educated, they start to look for people they can blame as in the case of the poor youngster that took the MRT. People show their true faces when they demand him to be charged for man slaughter???

Others ask for a complete closure of Singapore’s borders. I highly recommend that and we shall see how long this country can survive without any issues (let’s see where we get our food from then to start with).

What do you fear mongers gain from all the faked vigilance? Don’t tell me you believe the low infection numbers. Most people don’t even bother to see a doctor with a mere mild flu. So, how do you prevent this from spreading in such a crowded city?
If the virus would be more deadly, I understand, but to freak out due to a mere mild flu?

I rather enjoy my life now and worry when we need to really worry. but worry about flu can distract better from all the blunders that we witness here every single day.

1 ALL “respiratory diseases” [eg TB, SARS, Human Flu, Bird Flu, Swine Flu (H1N1)...] must be taken SERIOUSLY.

WHY? As the term indicates, such diseases can lead to lung infections, such as pneumonia.
A normal human being can survive without WATER or FOOD for some time.
BUT if he cannot breathe due to infected lungs ie no oxygen going to the brain, HE WILL JUST DIE !!!

2 The new H1N1 virus may be “mild” (so far) for average adults.
BUT it can be deadly to the following people:
— babies, young children
— pregnant women
— elderly folks
— those prone to asthma

3 Influenza viruses are known to be very UNPREDICTABLE.
ie mild strains can quickly “mutate” into deadly strains by itself or by “mixing” with other viruses (such as the deadly Bird Flu virus).
The Bird Flu virus is already entrenched in this region (ie our next-door neighbour Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China…).

So, more H1N1 cases in this region:
= higher risk of H1N1 virus “mixing” with the Bird Flu virus
= producing another new strain of “highly-transmissible and very-deadly” virus (which human beings have absolutely no immunity to).

Note: Bird Flu’s death rate is about 70% ie 7 out of 10 infected victims will die.

Once I realised that the H1N1 flu strain is very mild, I’ve felt that governments are over-reacting.

Khaw acted sensibly in this case.

Visit the H1N1 Site where you can share your thoughts on the H1N1 virus and see what others say. Visit http://h1n1.socialgo.com

Is somebody out there making big bucks out of this flu scare? WHO? The manufacturers of Tamiflu? Afterall, WHO made a big fuss out of bird flu after the SARS epidemic.

Had Mexico and USA where were the source of H1N1 closed down their border, would H1N1 be contained?

Now that the virus spread around the world, the ones that gained the most: the pharmaceutical companies.

Bioterrorism is the name of the game.

By deliberately releasing a weapon lab produced virus, a number of objectives are achieved. Amongst them, political distraction and profits in the production of vaccines for certain phamacutical companies.

Rumsfeld’s growing stake in Tamiflu
Defense Secretary, ex-chairman of flu treatment rights holder, sees portfolio value growing.

October 31, 2005: 10:55 AM EST
By Nelson D. Schwartz, Fortune senior writer

“NEW YORK (Fortune) – The prospect of a bird flu outbreak may be panicking people around the globe, but it’s proving to be very good news for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other politically connected investors in Gilead Sciences, the California biotech company that owns the rights to Tamiflu, the influenza remedy that’s now the most-sought after drug in the world.”

http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/31/news/newsmakers/fortune_rumsfeld/

“Guess where the first swine flu outbreak occurred? That’s right, Fort Dix, New Jersey, in 1976. Also likely created in a US Army lab. Thirteen soldiers died, leading the US government to force a questionable vaccine on the population — backed by a legal liability escape clause mandated by and for the pharma-terrorists. Next, people started dying not from the flu — but from the *vaccine.*

“Every major media outlet has reported the fact that US/UK bioterrorists have been manipulating the avian flu virus in university and Army labs. This new flu strain, one that ‘no one has ever seen,’ contains avian flu. Now, how does *that* happen?

source :
https://www.kitcomm.com/showthread.php?t=41155

THIS IS CHILLING. READ IT CAREFULLY.

“Depopulation should be the highest priority of U.S. foreign policy towards the Third World… Wherever a lessening of population can increase the prospects for such stability, population policy becomes relevant to resources, supplies and to the economic interests of U.S.” — National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger Nobel Peace Prize winner, National Security Memo 200, Implications of World Wide Population Growth for U.S. security & Overseas Interests” April 24, 1974.

THIS IS WHAT THE PRESENT U.S. National Security Adviser General James Jones said recently in a speech at the 45th Munich Conference on Security Policy at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof on February 8, 2009 :
“Thank you for that wonderful tribute to Henry Kissinger yesterday. Congratulations. As the most recent National Security Advisor of the United States, I TAKE MY DAILY ORDERS FROM Dr. Kissinger” , filtered down through Generaal (sic) Brent Scowcroft and Sandy Berger, who is also here. We have a chain of command in the National Security Council that exists today.

A transcript of the speech is posted on the Council on Foreign Relations website.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Jones

Is our health tip top person the highest paid in the world for his kind of position?
So, we get the best performance right?
Is it true that h1n1 is rising and rising in number of victims?

Why are we focussing not on Dengue which killed even more than H1N1 which has not killed any in singapore yet? (correct me if i wrong data)

Lets not be mistakenly distracted.

Need for perspective. Which perspective? Whose perspective?

The perspective of saying people are over-reacting but may be wrong?

The perspective of saying that people should react correctly?

The perspective of people are under-reacting and neglecting the necessary precautions, thereby causing the wide-spread of the virus to so many countries in such a short time?

So, is Singapore over-reacting or under-reacting, or just “ACTING”?

Apart from the ability or attempt to depopulate the world, the manuafacturers of the anti-viral Tamiflu are in for the big bucks.
One has to wonder how this particular strain of swine flu, a mixture of pig, bird n human got formed?
Bio chemical warfare is often used for various reasons.
Recall that when Obama went to Mexico, he did shake hands with the mexican archeologist, who then died from this swine flu.
Having said that, Americans are taking all precautions with this swine flu.
I think the WHO has raised it to Level 6?
Avoid all crowded places, wash hands, and wear masks…that’s what I do.

Most of these cases in Singapore are imported. So don’t travel unecessarily.

my family memberS got near death experiences with dengue and the news is all the focus on H1N1 which affects 40 odd people ? Dengue has taken many singaporean lives and it has no cure and no immunity even after you survived 1 attack. Completely no anti-bodies produced.

people who are not aware would be following the news and worry only about H1N1 but forgot the real problem is also Dengue and Malaria.

I wonder how many truthers are out there in Singapore. The ppl who dont believe the official story of 9/11 or the 7/7/06 bombings in London. Or ppl who know that the economy was ENGINEERED to collapsed. Or ppl who know about the North American Union.

This flu scare is just another hypr to scam the masses.

during the height of the H1N1 or Swine Flu epidemic, i was very afraid to get infected with this disease and i wore face mask whenever i got into heavily populated areas.