SWINE FLU……
The IN Disease in our country at this point…!!Everyone has just one thing to talk about, worry about, think about-The H1N1 virus….Dozens of mails informing people of swine flu are being sent each day, people on the roads are all moving with a handkerchief tied or a mask around their mouth...Newspapers, News channels are all busy in finding the numbers by which the count seems to be increasing each day…The number of passengers in various public modes of transport has reduced to half, schools and colleges have been shut down…But guess what….Our economy has shown a growth amidst all this..!!!
It is all scary but at the same time its all getting hyped a little too much…SWINE FLU has been blown out of proportion…I read an article in THE TIMES OF INDIA a few days ago which said that the number of fatal cases even today is more due to diseases like Jaundice and Malaria…Time and again doctors are assuring people to stay calm but the HUMAN MIND!!
The other day I decided to cover my face with my handkerchief since everyone around me in the train was covered(trust me I would have been the odd one out if I hadn’t covered my face)..!!I was feeling so chocked….By the time I got off the train I dropped my protection mask and felt handicapped for the entire day without my thick towel-size handkerchief…!!Ladies wear masks…Its very suffocating…In fact I have seen ladies who occasionally remove their masks to breathe in air and once again put it on!!What’s the whole point???
Leave aside the ladies…..Just yesterday I saw several groups flocking the roads(read: preventing vehicles’ and pedestrians’ movements) for DAHI-HANDI….All the hooligans with masks covering their faces and dancing to all dumb songs in the middle of the road….I was too shocked to even react….If they are so scared why gather around people…At least that would let other fearless and brave people travel peacefully....The worst thing that I heard was when a group of such handi breakers walked in the wrong direction, the others called them back saying.”UDHAR MAT JA,WAHAN SWINE FLU HAI!!!”….And the rest burst out laughing…..It’s become a serious joke amongst people…
I must say The face masks are surely becoming a fashion accessory..!!
SWINE FLU has terrible repercussions but this whole hue and cry has brought in a lot of BENEFITS….
1. If a gang of boys kidnap a girl to rape her…All she needs to do is cough profusely and claim to have SWINE FLU..!!
2. Girls who are forever worried about their makeup…will be relieved as now they have to decorate only their eyes…the rest will be covered with the MASK!!;)
3. Ekta Kapoor will have a new reason to kill her male protagonist.
4. This whole new business of selling masks is a perfect example of JOINT VENTURE…At least now coaching classes will have a new example to give to 12th standard commerce students!!
5. Guests have stayed home for too long???Just tell them your child has been tested positive with H1N1 virus..
6. A lady in the train is not pushing in so that you can sit comfortably??Just dial your friend and start saying, “My roommate has Swine flu, I just hope I haven’t acquired the virus!”
7. Children are nagging you for a new dress??Just tell them all malls are closed for a week….
8. School and College Students-Just enjoy your extended vacations!!
The probability of these benefits is much higher than the probability of acquiring H1N1 virus and going down….So just chill folks..!! ;) Hehe….
