Everyone has been really worried about the recent outbreak of Swine Flu and hopefully it doesn't hit Singapore. However, it seems to me that people just take these things lightly. Especially at times like now, personal hygiene is so very important.

Like the stuff like covering your mouth when you sneeze and cough. Or using a piece of tissue so that your germs don't spread to everyone else. Today on the train ride home, OMG so many people just coughed with their mouths open, a few SNEEZED with the big AHHHH CHOOOOOOOO without covering as well. I can't even imagine how much germs just got into the air, with their added contribution. Then when the epidemic actually hits Singapore, everyone says I'm so scared I'm so scared.

However we kinda take these things for granted that we won't be affected, and when it actually happens, we regret why we didn't insist on taking the necessary precautions to prevent ourselves from getting sick. It was the same, during the 2003 SARS incident, everyone started being really clean and hygienic and the moment it was over, you can just see like no one really cares about cleanliness and stuff. Oh well, Swine is a really more serious thing than Bird Flu.

In fact its the combination of the pig, bird and human flu I heard. Can't be contained says the newspapers, and like it spreads from human to human, unlike the avian flu, only from bird to human. Father just borrowed $20 to buy masks, mother just came back with 3 bottles of hand sanitizer.

Everyone is getting ready for this world wide pandemic. So strap up and get ready to fight this terrible flu! Cleanliness and personal hygiene can't be compromised!