Fine Swine and Wine

Everyone and their mother has heard about the new variant of the swine flu epidemic, but it seems as if not one person actually knows how to deal with it. The Center for Disease Control seems as if it is merely probing at how to stop it, and the World Health Organization is just creating an uproar using its colored system of danger. And yet, it is becoming quite apparent that no one knows exactly what to do.

Based on what the media is showing them, families all over the world are concocting pitiful attempts at 'swine flu care kits', collecting things such as surgical masks and TheraFlu. Is this really necessary? A mask is not going to protect someone from contracting a rogue strain of viral proteins. What the populous should be concocting are letters to the CDC and WHO, telling them to spend less time causing a riot and more time distributing anti-virals, such as Tamiflu. As of late, WHO is only sending anti-virals to third world countries, with full knowledge that the
epidemic has spread far beyond those bounds.

There are 109 confirmed cases of swine flu in the United States alone, 257 others in 11 countries. Every country that has confirmed cases just happens not to be a third world country. I find it a tad bit strange that our global resources are heading into countries that haven't even seen evidence of any swine flu symptoms. Why should anti-virals be going to Africa if the true pandemic is in the U.S. and Europe? Both WHO and the CDC have to get their acts straight, and distribute resources to the communities who actually need protection from this epidemic. The rest of the populous, however, doesn't get off clean either. People in these malaise-ridden areas should be less concerned about how much Gatorade and cough syrup they have stocked up, and more about how to actually prevent the virus from infecting them in the first place.

World, please step up to the plate and actually do something useful for society...