Swine Flu
When the last time there were scares about bird flu and SARS, I was in US. This time, I am amazed at the information network in India. Even small children know about the flu and the poor folks have also started taking precautions they can afford. We have received more than 15 emails in the last 24 hours on our institutes announcement email list: from faculty, students and the institute hospital.
What was most amazing was that three kids in the second grade were talking about wearing masks to the school. One said that it was compulsory to do so, the second said that it wasn’t, whereas the third kid said that they ought to wear it anyway as a precautionary measure.
While there is bound to be some misinformation that will get spread around, most of what I have heard in and out of the campus makes me at least a little happy.
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