Wonder Girls Show The Way To Avoid Another H1N1 Pandemic

I posted this before and I'll post it again this year, partly as my humble contribution as a health warning to the community and more honestly, because it's a great excuse to replay this infotaining video taken from the MrBrown Show of Singapore. An article in the local paper today reviewing the recent Wonder Girls Concert held in Genting Resorts reminded me of this hilarious youtube clip and I couldn't resist reposting this.



On a more serious note, though - a bit of googling indicated that while there's no cause for alarm, there are grounds for caution.  See below. 
November 17, 2010

" Actress You Dong-sook, 37, died last Thursday from the H1N1 flu at a Seoul-area hospital after catching the virus at the Fifth International Rome Film Festival last month while promoting her low-budget film “My Heart Beats.” You was given the leading role in the film directed by Huh Eun-hee and was invited to the extra competition session of the Rome festival.You was a theater actress for most of her career.
She started feeling flu symptoms - body aches and respiratory difficulties - when she returned to Korea on Oct. 31. She was hospitalized Nov. 2 at the Korea University Anam Hospital, and died nine days later from complications due to H1N1."


Elsewhere and more recently:
" A group of children at an elementary school in Daejeon were found to have been infected by the virus. A total of 16 students in fifth and sixth grades suffered from fever and tested positive for influenza A, last Friday, the authorities said.  A school in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, also closed its doors as a student was confirmed to be infected with the disease and another 100 students showed flu symptoms.

Health authorities said the flu is unlikely to be fatal but stressed that people should have flu shots and wash their hands regularly. “The number of reported flu cases is about one tenth of last year’s but children, the elderly and the physically-weak need to get flu shots as preventive measures,” an official from the Health and Welfare Ministry said. "

For my original posting, click here.

sources:
http://www.mrbrownshow.com/2009/05/26/fan-created-wash-your-hands-too-videos/
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2928491
http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=110238&code=Ne2&category=2
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/12/113_77906.html
http://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/12/14/music/7612868&sec=music