It’s been a while since I typed anything on this blog…and my mates have been pestering for some words. So I’ve decided to talk about the buzz news going around
which is has nothing to do with politics. The popular H1N1 influenza virus that’s been rampaging around the globe whilst sending frequent flyers into frequent screamers is still the hot topic in the news. Increasing cases of the swiney flu have also sparked wild debate topics of naming the disease (the original swine to a ‘safer’ H1N1) have not ceased to issue the real cause of the infection. During a talk with my fellow doctor friends have indeed come out with a single statistical analysis. Somehow almost all the positive patients are people who come into contact with pigs quite frequently…through eating the fellow delicacies or other piggy encounters. The predisposition to swine flu has also been successfully eluded by medical communities to the public. Though unwitting to the statistical facts (or putting a blind eye) to the PROBABLE cause of infection, one should study the actual devastating history of the H1N1 virus. The avian flu epidemic was also a H1N1 strain virus and we reacted by culling millions of birds and birdlike (chicken) animals. The recent events in the swine flu problem however see a totally different light of reaction due to some kind of protection of interest. Worldwide only sees Egypt as the first country in taking a stance in killing its piggy encounters to destroy any risks of the H1N1. Spain is awfully tight lipped about its swine industry (they even have a museum for pigs) and would rather risk looking lives than its profitable income.
The WHO have also been slammed by scientist by adopting the H1N1 term rather than a more ‘causative’ term as swine flu. Why are they risking infection and further cases by saying pigs are not part of the actual cycle of cause? Although the direct contact for infection is now passed on from human to human, further genetic transmutation is completed via a pig, as is the case for avian flu. Cutting off the cycle could possibly reduce likelihood of future new strains being developed. What makes it worst is that these strains are found to be originating commonly from Asian and Europe! But I suppose this is only a wishful rambling… so I rest my case.
Ps: picture courtesy copied from Wikipedia…
It just boils down to the fact that money is MORE important than lives...its alrite to lose lives but NEVER profit. I am sure a lot of countries are keeping a tight lip over over this issue and some of them are under-declaring the casualties! Cos this will affect their oink-oinks and also their tourist industry...
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