What should the response to Swine Flu be?

easy to spread the disease. Within a week, the US has reported a few confirmed cases. In addition, more cases will be expected in other countries. To effectively stop the spreading, air travel should be terminated. It can keep the virus restricted in Mexico. However, this is not feasible. Termination of air travel means the termination of economical activities and political activities. The WHO has also emphasized that closing border is not recommended. The ultimate solution of this disaster is to develop effective medication. Closing border is merely a way to buy time. If talking about buying time, there are other methods. Those methods, though may not be as effective as closing border, they do not need to sacrifice the world’s economy. Instead of closing border, countries should strengthen their supervision. They should check every tourist carefully. Stop every suspicious infected people from entering. This is the frontline of this battle. Once it is broken, the results would be destructive. A virus carrier can infect hundred, and hundred can infect thousand, and thousand can infect the whole Hong Kong. The process is irreversible.Not only does the government have the responsibilities, but we, citizens also have the duties. We should be alerted all the time. We should live up to a hygienic life and follow the instruction given by the government. We should also prevent travelling oversea. This newly found disease worth us to worry. But fear cannot help the situation. If all borders are closed because of our anxiety and fear, what we suffer in the future will not only be numerous deaths but also a destroyed economy that require long time recovery. Just like SARS, the damages of swine flu are inevitable. But we should minimize these unexpected losses. The virus itself can only take away your life. But closing border can undermine the economy that would affect trillion people, which probably are more than the deaths caused by the flu. The flu could only last for several months, but the damaged economy can affect you for several years. There are crying in this battles, but there would be moaning and struggling after it. It is obvious closing border is not a good method. To achieve win-win situation, other measures should be taken.