Sunday, April 26, 2009

A Pandemic Warning


A news released yesterday.....very dangerous flu is affectting Mexico and arriving in Brittain. The pig flu/swine flu...very dangerous and took the death toll to 81 in Mexico and the same virus type has appeared in Texas, California, Kansas and New York. A total of 19 people have been infected, eight of whom have recovered. A British Airways cabin crew member yesterday complained of 'flu-like symptoms' midway through a flight to Heathrow from Mexico City, where the virus first surfaced. Last night the unnamed man, understood to be a British national, was in isolation in a West London hospital and was being treated by staff trained in infectious disease controls. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1173263/Killer-pig-flu-threat-UK-BA-crew-member-rushed-hospital-81-die-outbreak.html
As all know, Mexico and USA have very massive pig farms and....however, in Malaysia we already experienced the deadly Nipah virus back in 1999. Bukit Pelanduk, Negeri Sembilan, is also one of the biggest pig farm in the South East Asia. I have no intention to insult anyone....but in Islam, the ban of the "najis mughallazah" is clearly understood. The other outbreak struck Malaysia, bird flu...for instance still in the Ministry of Health observation. Just wondering what will be the actions taken by the ministry in the pig flu pandemic.


3 comments:

ME, UNVEILED said...

the same old story again la pak anjang...as if history doesn't repeat itself and as if those 'people' have learnt what they should have been learning. Money vs. values....good bye values, welcome money.

-as truthful as ever-

HALIM MAD LAZIM said...

what happened to you?? a very long silence........

ME, UNVEILED said...

tak la..i've been active, just some place else..it was like a pandemic too at the old place, so I ran away from the hustle and bustle...