"JeNeSuisPasUnVirus" (I'm not a virus)
The Western media is having a field day reporting on the "Chinese virus" that smacks of racist overtones and China phobia.
The true victim is in fact our sense of humanitarianism.
We should all support what the Chinese government is doing by trying to contain the spread of the virus.
We all live in the same global village and should all work together in unison rather than disparaging the Chinese Government who to date has accomplished more than what the US government accomplished during the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic.
When the swine flu pandemic died down in April 2010, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that 60.8 million Americans had contracted the virus, 274,304 were hospitalised and 12,469 had died.
In December last year, the flu season arrived unexpectedly early in the US, afflicting at least 19 million people, hospitalising 180,000 of them and killing 10,000. This is according to the CDC's Weekly US Influenza Surveillance Report on Jan 25.
As of Wednesday, the coronavirus has, within China, afflicted over 24,300 people and killed 490. Outside China, it has afflicted at least 186 people and killed one.
However, commentators online are expressing greater terror over ethnic Asians than the ongoing regular flu.
Know the facts from the fallacies and keep up the spirit of helping our fellow human beings in our shared time of need.
Part of an essay by Ashton Ng for Straits Time , "The true victim of Corona Virus: Our sense of humanitarianism"
Daisy flower taken at MIFGS 2019.
Happy Friday and dont' forget to wash your hands, sneeze into a tissue and refrain from touching your face
"JeNeSuisPasUnVirus" (I'm not a virus)
The Western media is having a field day reporting on the "Chinese virus" that smacks of racist overtones and China phobia.
The true victim is in fact our sense of humanitarianism.
We should all support what the Chinese government is doing by trying to contain the spread of the virus.
We all live in the same global village and should all work together in unison rather than disparaging the Chinese Government who to date has accomplished more than what the US government accomplished during the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic.
When the swine flu pandemic died down in April 2010, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that 60.8 million Americans had contracted the virus, 274,304 were hospitalised and 12,469 had died.
In December last year, the flu season arrived unexpectedly early in the US, afflicting at least 19 million people, hospitalising 180,000 of them and killing 10,000. This is according to the CDC's Weekly US Influenza Surveillance Report on Jan 25.
As of Wednesday, the coronavirus has, within China, afflicted over 24,300 people and killed 490. Outside China, it has afflicted at least 186 people and killed one.
However, commentators online are expressing greater terror over ethnic Asians than the ongoing regular flu.
Know the facts from the fallacies and keep up the spirit of helping our fellow human beings in our shared time of need.
Part of an essay by Ashton Ng for Straits Time , "The true victim of Corona Virus: Our sense of humanitarianism"
Daisy flower taken at MIFGS 2019.
Happy Friday and dont' forget to wash your hands, sneeze into a tissue and refrain from touching your face