Obviously the escalating number of H1N1 cases are barely
scratching the thick "membrane" surrounding MOH's conscience. In my
tuition centre (The Learning Lab locating in United Square) there
has been a case of H1N1 infection WITHOUT any of the symptoms which
are supposed to be observed preceding a case. The student had not
even been overseas. And our dear Minister of Health Khaw Boon Wan
happily sends the average student like me back to school, which is
a highly-populated environment; a hotbed for the virus to
spread.
The blistering fact that the H1N1 virus can no longer be
detected by a fever and therefore is, ipso facto, undetectable
beforehand by the "two temperature checks a day" guidelines laid
forth for schools.
I'm sure you, assumably a grown adult with a certain amount of
life experience, will snobbishly dismiss this as an elaborate ploy
to escape schooling. However, contrary to that, this is meant as a
genuine expression of concern for the welfare of the student
community with H1N1 lurching and threatening to break out in full
scale.
I sincerely hope you understand and feel sympathy for the plight
of us students, the future of this nation.