Swine Flu

Just got back from a long trip that included using 4 major international airports and one regional airport (Dubai International, Pearson International (Toronto), Charles De Gaulle (Paris), Schilpol Airport (Amsterdam),  and Halifax ). These are known for being extremely busy. Despite the rising number of swine flu cases and the leaflets and alerts about it, I have not come across any obvious precautions  at airports. No thermal scanners, no medical teams, no one wearing a mask.  Have people grown immune to such news or do they realize that much of it is hype and this flu is no more dangerous than the regular one which kills thousands every year?

I guess while the UN and the countries are issuing out warnings, the media happily writing about the recent stats and number of dead, the actual behavior by countries is quite indifferent or more precisely contained. They do not want to create a panic, which if spread can affect the economy and the already existing crisis. Make up your own mind: to travel or not to?

~ by rafickd1 on July 9, 2009.