World's Loneliest Pig Under Quarantine
Quarantine mania is abating in China. Most of the 71 Mexicans who were isolated after arriving in China for fear they could spread swine flu have flown back to Mexico City on a government-chartered plane. Likewise, a group of Canadian students in the northeastern Chinese city of Changchun has been released.
But like a wily virus, quarantine mania doesn't go out without a fight. In Afghanistan, Reuters reports that the nation's only known pig--a gift from China--has been put under isolation at the Kabul Zoo for fear that it could spread H1N1. Golnar Motevalli writes:
The pig is a curiosity in Muslim Afghanistan, where pork and pig products are illegal because they are considered irreligious, and has been in quarantine since Sunday after visitors expressed alarm it could spread the new flu strain.
"For now the pig is under quarantine, we built it a room because of swine influenza," Aziz Gul Saqib, director of Kabul Zoo, told Reuters. "We've done this because people are worried about getting the flu."
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The Chinese government quarantine people without any symptom with such zeal is understandable. This swine flu must be a real danger to the Chinese people, who may be genetically over sensitive to this virus.
Since Chinese are genetically over sensitive to this virus, like the westerners are overly sensitive to contaminated furniture, toys, etc., other governments must take measures to safeguard their own people, including Chinese in these countries.
We must consider the risk of having this virus spreading among Chinese population in these countries. Therefore all Chinese outside of China must be quarantined so that if this virus spread among the Chinese population, this virus will not be able to spread outside that community and cause even more damage.
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Are you serious?
Pig in Afganistan? -
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Imagine what will happen if all the "Male chauvinist pigs" have to quarantined? How big a quarantine facility will we need then? It is going to be crisis bigger than World War III.
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By: Jordan C. Fan, Prophet of Environment.
Imagine what will happen if all the "Male chauvinist pigs" have to quarantined? How big a quarantine facility will we need then? It is going to be crisis bigger than World War III.
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