Oh dear, oh dear. Can’t tell their h1n1 from their hini. Can someone please get them a clue, or maybe even fix their spell checker.
Update on HINI 09 influenza
Following a significant increase in the number of confirmed cases of HINI 09 in Victoria
It is important that staff and students act responsibly in the interests of their own and their colleague’s health. If you are unwell and think that you may have flu-like symptoms, it is important you consult your own local doctor immediately and do not come to University until your doctor advises it is appropriate to do so.
That last paragraph really bugs me. The vast majority of people simply do not have a “local doctor” and cannot see “their doctor”. Due to the way the health system works they go to multi-doctor health clinics where you’re lucky to see the same doctor twice in any two visits, forced to sit in a waiting room with up to twenty other sick people for an hour or so, and if you don’t have something contagious when you walk in, you’re pretty much guaranteed of it by the time you leave.
It then goes on with an injunction to wash our hands a billion times per day, and for me to wash it every time after touching my face — surely in order to not bring the virus into contact with me I need to wash my hands before touching my face — it would do wonders for the water bill and lead to a truly stupendous amount of virus transmission as everyone rushes to the taps and the door handles; over and over and over again.
Remind me again, just how many people in Australia have died of this? Oh, that’s right, none. Meanwhile 20,000 people in this country die each year of ordinary household non-catchy-named flu.
