Friday, June 12, 2009

Published 6:34 AM by with 7 comments

Swine Flu Level 6

Should we panic now that the WHO has declared that the international outbreak of swine flu has now reached level 6? What is meant by Level 6? Here is the explanation of Dr. Keiji Fukuda, acting WHO assistant director-general:

spread of the virus continues and activity has become established in at least two regions in the world. At present, 74 countries have officially reported 28,774 cases of influenza H1N1infection, including 144 deaths. Worldwide, the number of deaths is small. Each and every one of these deaths is tragic, and we have to brace ourselves to see more. However, we do not expect to see a sudden and dramatic jump in the number of severe or fatal infections.”

I guess Swine Flu Level 6 should not cause us to panic because panicking is not a good thing, it would not solve problems. All we can do is stay calm and just do all the things that could help us avoid being contaminated by the virus.

7 comments:

Unknown said...

Yes, we should not really panic; but instead take more precautions.

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Dorothy said...

It's certainly concerning I'm glad I don't have to fly for awhile I hate breathing that airplane air and currently the safety of the planes are even a problem.

Dorothy from grammology
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Meryl (proud pinay) said...

i agree with you sis. dapat di magpanic...
level 6 na pala dyan ano..naku sana di kumalat ang virus
ingat and God bless

bayanads said...

Nope hindi kailangan mag panic...Here in US, news about it already died down...

Pinoy Daddy said...

No need to panic, but we need to take extra precaution specially for those who have small kids. Their immune system is not yet able to ward off virus strains. The good thing is that they are already creating a swine flu vaccine.

Lindz said...

it's spreading fast down here in oz, worst thing is it's winter season here too so the flu travels fast from state to state.. health authorities are working hard to put soem control measurements