Swine flu attacks !

Okay .. so Pune recorded the first swine flu related death this week. It was sad to hear that a 14 year old girl died due to the swine flu. But whats sadder is the paranoaia surrounding the flu.

Everywhere I go in the city, people are talking about the swine flu. Is this called awareness of the disease or is this panic ? 120 people (mostly students) have contracted the virus, but it seems like the entire city is down with the flu. All you read in the morning newspapers is about the swine flu. Many people have adviced me not to go to theaters and malls because of the pandemic. Once again 120 people in a 5 million have got swine flu .. and its a pandemic. 122 cases of dengue fever till the first august, but nobody cares. The point is that everyone in the world is eventually going to get the swine flu, and will not even know if they got it.

There are states which have released advisories asking people not to go to Pune or Satara unless absolutely necessary.. yet they are okay if you go to the US/Mexico or even Europe. Thats called creating panic. Once again 120 cases in 5 million ... there's a good chance this thing will subside in the next few weeks.

But whats next ? Donkey flu ? Gorilla Flu ? or the Rhino Flu ??