27
Jul

What to do about H1N1 today

Now is not the time to panic about H1N1. Though it is bound to get a lot worse.

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-asks-help-fight-h1n1-virus.html

I am impressed with the Minister of Health and Sports for his openness in dealing with H1N1. I can't help contrasting this response with the closed way SARS was approached in 2002.

The newest influenza preparedness plan I can find for Myanmar is over ten years old:

http://www.apaci.asia/influenza/pandemic-preparedness/pandemic-preparedness-plans-for-the-asia-pacific-region

and I can't find any evidence that this IFRC programme was ever scaled up:

http://bit.ly/2vN7Jqs

Here is a review article meant for health care workers:

http://www.annalsofglobalhealth.org/article/S2214-9996(15)01230-8/pdf

To prevent spread, wash your hands with soap a lot, cough and sneeze into disposable tissues (and then dispose of them), and stand a metre away from someone with flu symptoms. Only health care workers should use masks. I think masks distract us from the above three measures.

Jamie

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