No school because of H1N1!

You have no chance to survive make your time. Ha Ha Ha…

The Mauritian government has recently announced(WARNING: French language! :P) that all schools will be closed starting from today (21 August) to the 30th of August. The reason is because of the H1N1 flu virus, commonly called Swine Flu, Mexican Flu or Stig Flu. ;-)

As a student and as a practicing Muslim, I’m happy that there won’t be school during the following week. I’ll have some time to relax (and possibly revise) before the Form 5 exams in some months and the sacred month of Ramadan (in which us Muslims observe the fast) probably starts on Saturday.

Too much, too late?

As a human being with a (mostly) functional brain, I’m not so happy. I can’t help but feel the Mauritian government has either taken this decision too late or simply shouldn’t have taken it.

I could write a whole article about why I think it’s a bad decision, but I won’t. It’s a highly controversial subject and there has already been much discussion about it on other Mauritian blogs. I generally agree with Bruno on this topic.

Yes, precautions must definitely be taken but the Mauritian people are just being pessimistic and paranoid about this. Ok,  it’s an epidemic and people are dying. Much more people also die from several other diseases everyday, right? That’s my point. No need to be paranoid.

P.s. For those who didn’t understand the picture or the caption, there’s always Wikipedia.

Your views on topic the are welcome. However, please take into consideration that my mind is already made about the subject.