Why Indonesia?

Why Indonesia?

'When schools reopen, only students who spent the past week in 'congested' Singapore will return to classrooms, not those who have spent their time in relatively safe environments.'

MR MONEY KANAGASABAPATHY: 'Singapore, with 454 reported cases of H1N1 as of last Saturday, is probably among the most affected nations on a per sq km basis. Yet some families like mine, having just holidayed in Bintan, Indonesia, a country with few reported cases of H1N1, have the misfortune of suffering self-quarantine and disruption from school. Statistics suggest that it is safer in idyllic Bintan than in Singapore with its crowded public places. When schools reopen, only students who spent the past week in 'congested' Singapore will return to classrooms, not those who have spent their time in relatively safe environments.'

Why not Malaysia?

'Malaysia, with about 70 cases of infection, is excluded while Indonesia, with only a few, is blacklisted.'

MS DHANALETCHMI PILLAY: 'It puzzles me that Malaysia, with about 70 infections, is excluded while Indonesia, with only a few, is blacklisted. Is it a matter of oversight or convenience that Malaysia is absent from the list? I chose Bintan as my holiday destination because of the low infection rate in Indonesia.'

Taken from http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_396613.html.

Now this just amazes me.

Isn't it such a wonder, that Singapore, which has 783 infection cases, hasn't been on its own blacklist? And people are kicking up a fuss over Malaysia, which has just reached 196 cases?

Simply puzzling.

I'm not just arguing about Malaysia. If you're going to be some paranoid shizz because your neighbouring country has a small outbreak, then shouldn't we all in Singapore stay at home and impose self-quarantine on ourselves, since we've been in Singapore?

My list of arguments.

Firstly, because of a comparatively smaller outbreak, Singapore may have decided not to impose such a ruling on its neighbouring country. After all, bilateral ties will help to ensure that both countries keep in touch over this issue.

Also, the Immigration checkpoint has also imposed its own set of rules. For example, I knew a certain acquaintance who was returning to Singapore from Malaysia. He was stopped on the Malaysian side and was prevented from going over because he was running a temperature, H1N1 or not. They sent him back.

With such preventive screening measures, perhaps we should consider if human beings are getting too paranoid. After all, I still believe that the best way to make sure you don't get H1N1 is to stay in an airtight box at home with oxygen tanks pumping oxygen into the box.

That's right, just keep living under your shell.

Come on, we can be better than this. Just because we're not as good as you doesn't mean we're a bunch of uncivilised barbarians. What's this, going back to the ancient European days where they believed that Catholicism must be the one and only religion, and they set off on long voyages to destroy the nations that don't believe in their religion? To impose "civility" into these "uncivilised countries of barbarians"?

In fact, people are so prejudiced, my acquaintance had a colleague who asked him if he had gotten a medical check-up. When he said that he had one "in Malaysia", she suggested that he "go see a doctor now".

So Malaysians are considered inferior to Singaporeans. So Malaysian doctors are all considered slipshot and unqualified.

Ever considered the number of medical cases prosecuted in Singapore history over negligence on the doctor's part? Ever gone in and examined how many of them have been charged and convicted?

Come on, human beings. We can do better than this. Let's not have outright discriminations and prejudices just because you're better than the other person.

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