Catch A Crab

Homework blues.

Today's already Thursday and the holiday is coming to an end. O:< Warning : The chunks of text below are concerning the extension of the holidays. If you want to skip it, just keep scrolling down till you see a big red word.



Well some of you have found out, there wont be an extension of the holidays.
It has been announced by the MOH that schools will reopen as normal.
Proof --> http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/437803/1/.html

If you're too lazy to read it, here's the summary : Schools to re-open as scheduled despite H1N1 situation
Now I think that spells disaster.


IMHO, I think that its only a matter of time before the disease mutates (or worsen, whatever you call it) and starts to infect the daylights out of everyone.

Many people said that its pretty much like your common flu but I beg to differ. Many had died at the mercy of this terrible plague in the United States. And I think this MAY happen in Singapore too.

But sadly, (not wanting to offend the SG Gov) it seems like people MUST DIE before th Government actually do something to improve the situation.


Yes. Its true that this H1N1 is not as serious as SARS but there are 3 things you need to know.

1. H1N1 spreads more furiously than SARS. This is why at 1st the government is so alerted by H1N1. Even if its not harmful, but if no precautions are taken and we just let it spread because it is curable then if it mutates or whatever then hohoho, merry christmas.

2. Even if its curable, it doesn't mean that nobody should be afraid of it. What about those with Asthma or lungs problems? They'll suffer or even die.

3. When H1N1 1st broke out, the health minister already said that flu usually comes in waves. So the 1st wave may seems not so deadly, but who knows? When the 2nd wave strikes, it'll catch you unprepared. So what Singapore is doing now is to prevent the 2nd wave from hitting or to keep it under control or best to eradicate out of Singapore.

The point of closing the schools is because of a community spread. Schools are obviously one of the biggest breeding grounds of viruses, and H1N1 isn't going to be any different. Actually, its going to be even worse, at the rate its spreading.

Why close schools?
ONE, you WILL have some parents who don't give 2 hoots about H1N1 symptoms, who will send their kids to school anyway because they do not want their children to miss classes.

These are some parents who would consider lessons far more important than the risk of H1N1 infection. If they could lie in a deadly situation like Sars, would they hesitate over a not-so-deadly flu outbreak?

It would allow all Singapore students who would have just returned from holiday overseas the mandatory one-week quarantine.

It would prevent a serious outbreak within a school should just one parent choose to fudge his children's travel history for fear of his kids missing precious classroom time.

It would remove the ethical dilemma for parents weighing honesty and social responsibility, against self-interest.


TWO. The equal misery of a one-week cooling off period would be fair to both students and teachers. If everyone is following the same home-based learning programme, students who are quarantined would not have to fear being disadvantaged.

And teachers would not have to do double work - prepare one set of lessons for students who turn up in school, and another set for those quarantined at home.



THREE. Who's to say that temperature taking is a failsafe way for detecting H1N1 in school? The virus is mutating so damn fast you can't be sure. There is always the possibility that a sick student "bypasses" the thermometer, and boom, whole school gone. THREE, yes, I agree. Most of us schools I believe would have our exams after the holidays. And with that 1-week quarantine measure being put in place, it would just mess our school's exam schedules. Much more convenient to just close it for 1-week. Seriously.

A seven-day grace period would go a long way to placate grade-anxious parents - and avoid them forcing their kids to lie to their teachers.

And if Im right, the virus actually affects adolescents in particular.

Worse still, if the patient is not a student, but a canteen worker or food preparer, the consequences would be even more disastrous.
In present-day, this scenario is a lot less likely, but possible, seeing that the H1N1 virus can survive without a host (in this case, a human cell) for up to 8 hours. Imagine a sneezing worker working at a popular stall. He, or she, could infect nearly a thousand students in a week. Combined with the contact period of up to a week, and suddenly, that one worker could indirectly infect tens off thousands of people in a week.


Who knows. There might be some faggot who decides to ignore his home-quarantine order and go down to town. Just like that A-hole who went out for a beer despite under quarantine during SARS.


There. Thats why I think they should have the extension.
(Info taken from reliable sources)






Word.


Right. Im proud of myself cause I stayed up till 3:30am this morning to do MATHS!
And I completed it. -Pats my shoulder-

Not out of the woods yet though. Geog not completed.

Went out with Pri Sch Peeps (PSPs) yesterday. Caught Land Of The Lost.
Honestly, I think the show = epic fail. Dont watch it ._.

Ugh. School.