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Children first and always
For the last few days swine flu is all over the news. Especially parents are really worried about their children, as children's immunity is unlike a healthy adult. They catch normal flues easily. They also closely mix with each other when they are in school. And once they get infected or start undergoing treatment, sometimes they cannot express their symptoms properly.
Lets see, who are most at risk of swine flu? They are young children, pregnant women, older people, diabetic, chronic (long term) diseased (lung, kidney, liver, heart) people, people who have had drug treatment for their asthma within the past three years, suppressed immune systems (whether caused by disease or treatment) sufferers, chronic neurological disease (like motor neurone disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis etc).
The 'Battle Plan' against this flu needs an immediate and a long term strategy. One is containment and the other is mitigation — both are important.
As swine flu is highly infectious and spreads very fast and is also thought to be spread mainly person-to-person through coughing or sneezing of infected people — certainly exercising common sense and practicing good hygiene are the best ways to help keep children safe.
To learn common sense guidelines, concerned authority can close down the schools without delay as an instant approach and meanwhile, improve the awareness programme and overall management (especially build up capacities more in private and public clinics/hospitals that include more lab testing facilities) properly before opening after the Eid and Puja holidays.
Each and every life is precious — think and plan strategically to develop a National Preparedness Programme and manage today's and tomorrow's crises scientifically.
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