Agony Over H1N1

Finally school holidays are here again. At least it will deviate me of the agony of whether to let my Ah Boy go to school or not.

Since learning that his school has someone confirmed as H1N1 positive, it has been a tough decision over his schooling. I'm sure this is also the most agony decision making by most parents now a days.

I am surprised however to see a lot of parents with very young children ( even a few months' old babies) still bring them out to public places, like shopping malls and most of them without any precautions. I wonder do these parents know that young children are high risk group ?

Someone circulating an email apparently advise from a medical doctor that apart from washing our hands regularly, we must also gurgle salt water two to three times a day which will help to prevent H1N1. Also do not use your hands to touch your nostril, mouth wihtout washing your hands first.

With precautionary measures undertaken by individuals, hopefully this dreadful disease will go away. But WHO said it may take a year for this pandemic to be over.

What can we do? But PRAY!!!