Please ignore this Post.
I will soon delete it entirely. I have decided to keep it alive for some time more - just to remind myself, that it is not a wise idea to speculate about certain things without a background knowledge about that thinng.
I was irresponsible of me to comment about SwineFlu epidemic and the steps taken by the government to handle it, without even a basic knowledge of pathology, epidemiology, immunology, virology and some more medical '*ologies'. Which just goes to show how uninformed speculation can be foolish and even dangerous at times.
- A Hazard, Friday, 11-Sept-2009
The dreaded Swine Flu Epidemic has finally arrived in India - with the first victim, a poor little girl from Pune.
People in the worst hit areas have started wearing masks.
News channels devote hour after hour of special reports related to Swine Flu.
Ministers and Health officials are asking the public not to Panic.
Many Schools and Colleges have been closed down for a few days till the worst danger is over.
But, Negative thinking and nay-saying being my worst but most prominent habits, I cannot help but voice my doubts - "Will this danger be over any time soon?"
Imagine this epidemic like the cascading of dominoes - every one person transferring the disease to only one other person - then you will contend with the measly number of detection centers set up by the government.
Now imagine this epidemic like a nuclear reaction (for thats how I visualise an epidemic of any air-borne disease) - where every one person transfers disease to multiple other people - and then maybe you will agree with me that more needs to be done to handle this epidemic.
There are a number of Emails being circulated and a number of TV News channels which instruct us about what TO DO and what NOT TO DO.
One of the DON'Ts expressed everywhere is - "Avoid Crowded Places"
Now I consider this and I wonder - WHERE, IN THIS CITY OF MUMBAI, IS IT NOT CROWDED???
I do not profess to know every nook and corner of this City. But out of whatever general area I do know, I think the only place I know of, which is NOT Crowded in this city, are the toilets - because they are too small to hold more than one person at a time.
Even the average middle-class home is comparatively a crowded place.
At any given time of the day, at any given location, the city is so crowded with people - it won't be an exaggeration, I think, if I compare it with so many ants crawling around inside a small ant-hill.
I may be pessimistically wrong - I usually am - and this time I DO hope I am. But I cannot help but wonder whether this epidemic will turn into a disaster of gigantic proportions within the over-filled metropolitan cities on India?
I will soon delete it entirely. I have decided to keep it alive for some time more - just to remind myself, that it is not a wise idea to speculate about certain things without a background knowledge about that thinng.
I was irresponsible of me to comment about SwineFlu epidemic and the steps taken by the government to handle it, without even a basic knowledge of pathology, epidemiology, immunology, virology and some more medical '*ologies'. Which just goes to show how uninformed speculation can be foolish and even dangerous at times.
- A Hazard, Friday, 11-Sept-2009
The dreaded Swine Flu Epidemic has finally arrived in India - with the first victim, a poor little girl from Pune.
People in the worst hit areas have started wearing masks.
News channels devote hour after hour of special reports related to Swine Flu.
Ministers and Health officials are asking the public not to Panic.
Many Schools and Colleges have been closed down for a few days till the worst danger is over.
But, Negative thinking and nay-saying being my worst but most prominent habits, I cannot help but voice my doubts - "Will this danger be over any time soon?"
Imagine this epidemic like the cascading of dominoes - every one person transferring the disease to only one other person - then you will contend with the measly number of detection centers set up by the government.
Now imagine this epidemic like a nuclear reaction (for thats how I visualise an epidemic of any air-borne disease) - where every one person transfers disease to multiple other people - and then maybe you will agree with me that more needs to be done to handle this epidemic.
There are a number of Emails being circulated and a number of TV News channels which instruct us about what TO DO and what NOT TO DO.
One of the DON'Ts expressed everywhere is - "Avoid Crowded Places"
Now I consider this and I wonder - WHERE, IN THIS CITY OF MUMBAI, IS IT NOT CROWDED???
I do not profess to know every nook and corner of this City. But out of whatever general area I do know, I think the only place I know of, which is NOT Crowded in this city, are the toilets - because they are too small to hold more than one person at a time.
Even the average middle-class home is comparatively a crowded place.
At any given time of the day, at any given location, the city is so crowded with people - it won't be an exaggeration, I think, if I compare it with so many ants crawling around inside a small ant-hill.
I may be pessimistically wrong - I usually am - and this time I DO hope I am. But I cannot help but wonder whether this epidemic will turn into a disaster of gigantic proportions within the over-filled metropolitan cities on India?
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