The wave of the future appears to be thermometers, heat sensors, caution tape and your own private ambulance if needed. At work today, Steve was issued his very own personal thermometer with a log card. He was told he (and everyone else on campus) must record their temperatures daily, bring the card in to the supervisor and get approval to go to work. You are allowed to go to work only if you have no temperature.
The correct protocol if do have a temperature and flu symptoms is to call your supervisor with your distressing news, stay inside, cover with mask, dial 933 (for a special ambulance) to take you to your own special little corner of the world until they decide if you are safe from swine flu (aka H1N1).
We are on top of it in our part of the world folks. You are not getting by with this little nagging germ :-) This news was disclosed to them where most everyone on the yard was shoved into a small, cozy room and given directions on how to handle the emergency situation should it exist.
Steve was thinking it was nice to jam all possible world traveling suspects into such close quarters exposing each and every one of them to every other germ in the room.
Follow through and dismissed, if you have no fever please.
I will be watching for that 'little corner of the world' gurney and personal ambulance parking lot. Please let me know if you spot it first. I need that picture for my blog; I thought of it first - after all, wasn't I the first suspected patient before the ambulances? As sick as I was, I was thinking "why in the heck didn't I bring my camera - is THIS ever something to scrap about!"
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SARs has created a dent in everyone's life in Singapore and around Asia. It was really bad, hundreds of death, and nearly everyone was affected. Although the swine flu was not as bad as the bird flu, but people in the region got scare by the bird flu.....
In fact, people coming back from China during the SARs days were quarantined, and people with suspected flu syndrome were all quarantined... it's the only way to make sure that no one else will be affected. Harsh? Yes. Effective? Yes. I think the tolerance of Singaporeans towards quarantines are slightly higher because of the National Service.... If Singapore isn't that populated and globalized... I don't think there is a need, but since it's.... quarantine is a good idea.
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