Friday, August 14, 2009

How to add to calamities!!!

Calamity when runs its normal course kills thousand but when some fools like us join hands to add to the grandiosity quotient ;it kills millions.
Those who are uneducated work to support adverseness because they are ignorant but educated ones are no better.May be education emphasizes more on our own survival rather than survival of whole humanity.
Whole Nation (i know i have exaggerated ) is in grip of Swine Flu and there seems no way out of this.Precautionary measures are hardly available except for N-95 masks.If one thinks logically - it is very difficult for health care companies to provide these masks for 1.1 billion people so from this we learn that only those who are at high risk of getting infected should purchase and wear those masks but we seldom think logically.
In Lucknow ,i have seen people , who are at minimal risk of taking in H1N1 virus, are wearing masks ,just to add to the style statement(I know it hardly adds to style index but how to tell these fools about that).As the result of this, people of other regions, like Pune, are facing severe crunch for these protective masks.Earlier those masks were cheap(no pun intended)enough for the poor to buy and protect themselves from spending thousands of rupees from the treatment of Swine Flu but now their prices are there where even a middle class student studying in Pune cannot reach.Leave alone the price-money can somehow be managed but they are short in supply where they are needed the most.Black marketing has resulted in nearly two fold increase in its price.
Aforementioned example talked about general public now let us criticize our very own beloved cricketer Harbhajan Singh.He who carries armed men along with him, remains more than six feet away from general public (H1N1 virus can travel upto six feet in air) and move in his luxurious SUV(far away from crowd) is promoting something which is sending wrong signals .He is flaunting his N-95 mask everywhere again urging the rich to buy and wear it even though they hardly come in contact with people.
Now let us talk about those who are uneducated(i have least problem with these people because they do not know what they are doing)-Pan Walas ,Nukkad Chai walas and all other small scale entrepreneurs are selling masks .These are not those masks which are not even available at the chemist shop.People are buying these - thinking they are safe but these ordinary masks cannot even protect from pollution ,forget about Swine Flu.So this is how uneducated lot is adding to the problem in a very special way.
Now if you guys also want your mention in my rarely read blog ,please buy masks unnecessarily .

1 comment:

dr@g0n said...

Thats absolutely right...At such crucial times, there are people trying to make money out of people's panic and fear. People at times don't realize the importance of situations. Although a lot of steps are being taken to contain the epidemic, its the responsibility of every individual to help each other.

As far i am concerned, I think a handkerchief is just fine for the case. Washing hands regularly and not touching the face are the best preventive measures. Little bit of exercise in the morning and loads of water. Believe me, swine flu is just another flu.

Nice to read....keep blogging...

Take care...