SWINE FLU AND SOME RANDOM THOUGHTS

I was reading www.perezhilton.com and came across his blog post about the Swine Flu affecting the U.S. Initially, I didn't care since I don't eat pork or any of its product since I am a Muslim. Last night, I glimpse on TV, TV Patrol was reporting something about it. Still, it did not bother since I'm used to the Philippines over-reacting on matters affecting the US or other countries.

What triggered me to talk about this Swine Flu is the idea that human-to-human infection is possible and accordingly, it's airborne. Who wouldn't react right? So there, I google-ed what I can find about the Pandemic Swine Flu. Read below:

Human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection have been identified in the United States. Human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection also have been identified internationally.

I really did not read into the details much. What's important is this:

There are everyday actions people can take to stay healthy.

• Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
• Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hands cleaners are also effective.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread that way.

Try to avoid close contact with sick people.

• Influenza is thought to spread mainly person-to-person through coughing or sneezing of infected people.

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That's the Swine Flu part of this post and the Random Thought part is, why a sudden outbreak of this flu? Why until now, cost cutting from companies are still here? Why are we going down economically? What's wrong with the world?