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Swine Flu: One Extreme to the Other
It almost seems like we've gone from one extreme to the other with the swine flu outbreak.
When swine flu first hit the scene about 3 weeks ago, you might have thought the world was coming to an end. Actually, a few comments to some of my early blog posts did feel a bit chicken littleish.
I think we've learned at this point that the world will continue to exist -- for at least a little while longer. But now it seems that people already have flu fatigue and are going to go back to their old ways until some other flu virus -- or some other germ -- rears its ugly head.
Now is not the time to slack off. The truth is that what we do today -- and for the next few months -- could have a significant impact on the fall & winter flu season.
Since the swine flu scare, I've noticed definite improvement in the steps people are taking to prevent spread of infection. Better hand washing ... more use of alcohol-based gels to kill germs ... and limiting touching of public areas (or at least wiping your hands down afterward if you do).
If we can just keep up the good work through the summer and into the fall and winter, we can help prevent spread of swine flu -- or any other type of flu that may come up in the future.
So far, this swine flu has been milder than we originally feared. But we continue to see more cases and there's a good chance that this swine flu strain could come back in the fall -- when the normal flu virus also gets ramped up.
Have you stepped up your germ-killing efforts or already feel yourself reverting back to your old ways?
When swine flu first hit the scene about 3 weeks ago, you might have thought the world was coming to an end. Actually, a few comments to some of my early blog posts did feel a bit chicken littleish.
I think we've learned at this point that the world will continue to exist -- for at least a little while longer. But now it seems that people already have flu fatigue and are going to go back to their old ways until some other flu virus -- or some other germ -- rears its ugly head.
Now is not the time to slack off. The truth is that what we do today -- and for the next few months -- could have a significant impact on the fall & winter flu season.
Since the swine flu scare, I've noticed definite improvement in the steps people are taking to prevent spread of infection. Better hand washing ... more use of alcohol-based gels to kill germs ... and limiting touching of public areas (or at least wiping your hands down afterward if you do).
If we can just keep up the good work through the summer and into the fall and winter, we can help prevent spread of swine flu -- or any other type of flu that may come up in the future.
So far, this swine flu has been milder than we originally feared. But we continue to see more cases and there's a good chance that this swine flu strain could come back in the fall -- when the normal flu virus also gets ramped up.
Have you stepped up your germ-killing efforts or already feel yourself reverting back to your old ways?
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