Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Swine flue (H1N1) and Authorities

As of 22nd Sep 09, Pune has again started becoming epicenter of H1N1 in India. Me and my Friends were wondering, what made cases to rise again and what steps are being taken.

Immediately what came to my mind is.... Public gathering in large numbers at multiple places without any precautions and restrictions. Why and how? What Maharastra and Pune authorities doing??

Authorities :- I think they are busy cooking politics. They don't care and probably they don't understand or I am getting feel that they are not capable of understanding. 

First of all, they along with media spread big time panic in pune people but with very little preventative actions to prevent further spread of the H1N1. Nobody actually traced back to each and every person who came in contact with affected people. 

Secondly, they allowed big public gathering like Ganesh and Garba. Religious activities are good thing and should not be stopped but any support things around it which can spread this flue should not be allowed. In my society, people did Ganesh sthapan and puja but they all agreed to avoid any gathering and celebration. This is right thing to do. But I think pune authority does not have courage and capability to stop unnecessary gathering related to religion. 

With Election on horizon, these politicians do not want to play with people's religious sentiments. This makes things even worse looking at series of religious festivals till Dec end, election in 3 states which will involve huge rallies from so called leaders.

It's only on our (normal people)'s hand to control it. It is unfortunate to have such authorities.