SG Complains

The 7 types of reactions by people in Singapore towards Swine Flu

According to AsiaOne Health:

 

DESPITE fears over the H1N1 flu outbreak abroad, Singaporeans are not panicking or rushing to their neighbourhood clinics at the slightest sneeze or sniffle.

A check with six doctors around Singapore found none of them reporting a sizeable rise in patient numbers.

Said Dr Chin Khong Ling of Healthway Sengkang: “I think Singaporeans are more tuned in to the news so they are well updated on the H1N1 virus. And the fact that there hasn?t been a case detected in Singapore stops them from panicking.”

I had interviewed a couple of my friends and there are several different response to this 2009 H1N1 Flu or Swine Flu or whatever…

It’s a wide spectrum of response made me wanted to catergorise each one.

 

• Type 1: The Paranoid  yet scared to lose face
  - Bought as many masks, sanitiser, thermometers and vitamin C the first time they heard about the flu
  - Never even use any of the mask in public because scared how others look at him/her
  - Secretly hopes the flu comes to tell everyone “I told you so” 
• Type 2: Act fearless but actually not
  - Never think it’s serious until it’s too late
  - search around the island for thermometer, mask and Tamiflu or Relenza only after announced alert on newspaper
  - Buy many things at higher price from people who had stocked up extra
• Type 3: Entrepreneur
  - Bought enough masks, themometers to serve at least 1000 people
  - Bought colorful masks in bulk from ebay made in China
  - Never wear his own products
  - Regrets if the warning color drops and says “siao liao less margin liao! Suay!”  (OMG Less profit margin already!)
• Type 4: MC Kings/Queens 
  - Go see doctor at the slightest sneeze and panic
  - Have lots of rest & online surfing during Medical Leave
  - Found out they are retrenched only after 10 days of medical leave (with holidays in between)
  - Never wear mask and go out into MRT Trains & Buses because they want to scare other people?
• Type 5: Totally “bochap” (Don’t care)
  - Flu? What Flu? Last time SARS also never wear mask you think this time different meh?
  - Hahaha you wearing mask ah? Go quarantine yourselves hehe (jokes about others)
  - Ahh Choo! (Sneeze), what cover mouth? I don’t have Swine Flu lah..
  - If I got it die loh! So easy…die early better..
  - What? Spread to others? Better mah later they recover becomes immune liao come thank me! 
• Type 6: Chicken Little Conspiracy and Religious Fanatics
  - The sky is falling, it’s end of the world!
  - Prepare for the coming of “the one”
  - It’s a beta biological  weapon lost by United States Military
  - It’s a failed assassination attempts gone wrong
  - It’s a ploy by the world’s most powerful people to control world population growth to limit demand for earth finite resources such as Oil & Gas
  - Never wear a mask in public that is not cool looking.
• Type 7: The Missing Celebrities 
  - So scared that they cancelled all appointments
  - Stayed at home and wear mask even in their own bathroom
  - cleaned and sanitised the whole house 2 times a day
  - Called friends to buy food to deliver to them regardless if they are busy or not
  - When they are forced to  go out, they wear full mask & sunglasses sometimes with plenty of tissue papers. 
  - The whole office will be talking about this missing person from office