Wew… First we had the Singapore Flu (which was actually called Hand, Mouth, and Foot disease) a week ago and now we have Swine Flu outbreak.
In Indonesia, Swine Flu is known as “Flu Babi” (Pig Flu).
From what I read on the net, even though there is no vaccine at the moment people infected with the flu can take some anti-viral medicine as a treatment.
I’m not sure how there could be more than 100 people died if there are medications to treat the flu??
Maybe they were late taking the meds?
In any case, there is a point that I would like to stress (simply because Indonesian people don’t know their facts right…)
It’s that “Swine influenza viruses are not spread by food. You cannot get swine influenza from eating pork or pork products. Eating properly handled and cooked pork products is safe.”
The above statements were taken from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) website.
And how that related to some idiots here in Indo… Some people said that we can get the flu from eating porks.. Well, they should have checked their facts first before writing that on a newspaper…
When I read that article, I was worried that I couldn’t eat my pork.. Haha..
