1. Donggongon Township, Penampang.

I went to that small suburban township and the place around buhaven or blue heaven has sort of become buhell or blue hell. Why? The open spaces have been converted into temporary or semi permanent trading and cooking stalls. I heard DBKK is now very strict with all those eateries in KK in the prevailing Influenza A (H1N1) [not to mention Cash’s H1N1- the ‘bomb’], and so the Penampang Town Council loaded with politicians is in sort of crying shame. Please do something in the interest of public health and healthy tourism. Are those operators local?

2. Why are dogs also haram in dog shape Sabah?

My wife heard of this sort of fantastic story when she was in Donggongan. Learn from this if Sabah is to progress effectively and not into a desert now that many storms are here – the land below the wind. The story goes from a lady who was sending the puppies to the veterinary doctor. The cost of tending dogs is worth it. There was this case of a family who abandoned 4 puppies of three weeks old into the dustbin hoping that they would be taken away by the dustmen the next day. A concerned neighbour who saw this had pity on the puppies and the mother dog. So she decided to take home the 4 puppies and the bitch to bring them up. Within a short time, the said family was able to avoid bankruptcy as that business was hard up with cash unable to sell the 4 collateral shops. Soon after that family was able to find buyers after a long delay of getting buyers. On the other hand, the family [doing quite well] who abandoned the puppies were in trouble in family problems ending in ambulances sending some of them to the hospital. Was it due to the puppies and that treatment, it is up to you to ponder. There are not short of such stories around. Many may be scared of H1N1 handling dogs but I have handled dogs since 1990 and today health is no problem for me as I am free from any medication for my age although I sleep with plenty of mosquitos around. So ask God if you are in doubt.

Joshua Kong

PM for IGGG

pw: lava Roberts’s

1. alcohol-based hand-wash ; no need water to rinse & it’s antimicrobial ; but keep away from kids…to prevent any tragic incident like that not long ago.

2. also handy to keep some alcohol wipes ; these are in little sachets & convenient to wipe utensils, esp. at mamak, kopitiam, etc. it does not contain soap…so, there is no residue since it is 99.99% alcohol. can also be used to wipe around mouth area but not the eyes. ears & nose area should be ok…just don’t stick it in lah. our respiratory tract is connected via eyes, ears, nose, mouth. this is where the virus can enter. apart from food ie. handled by contaminated hands.

3. food handlers in restaurants, eateries should be given these alcohol wipes to sanitise their hands regularly – ie. every hour.

4. school principals should be empowered to close the school if necessary ; if wait for MOH response, too late. in the US, they close 1 mth when there is confirmed case.

many more ideas can be simply applied. don’t wait for useless MOH to act or give ideas. they will only know how to re-act when something more tragic than now happens.

Friends just rtn from Japan & compared to our steps taken to contain the virus, it is non-existent steps. In Japan, at the airport, upon arrival, passengers were given antiseptic or alcohol wipes.

The same are handed out at hotels, train stations, restaurants, bus stations, toilets, schools, etc etc. Basically all the public areas & this is besides high-end quality face mask.

These are how detailed the Japan MOH has taken & it shows how serious they are to prevent further spread – which I think it’s under control better than most countries. The idea is so simple & yet effective/efficient.

In a quarantine situation, the person suspected of H1N1 should be warded to nearest hospital or centralised location. Being mindful towards younger persons at the same time. I heard in Australia, they will send all those suspected to a resort ! At least to prevent the spread to other family members & domino from there. The hospital or the so called resort will provide the necessary care & medical treatment. All these were organised efficiently & collectively by all related parties. So question – why aren’t we doing the same? Pls ask our MOH this YAB.

Ask everyone on the street & they will say our MOH not doing enough – apart from talking only & passing the responsibility to the people instead. If that’s the case, the whole country should just go into quarantine mode. At least in Japan, people still go about their normal routine. Except those infected which will be taken care of. Same in Australia. This is why the tax payers there gladly pay their taxes! Knowing that they will be taken care of.

Here, our MOH is telling us politely to “yak-chiu”.

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With the high risk of the spread of the H1N1 flu outbreak it shows great irresponsibility on the part of the clinic staff who rudely turned people away just because they ran out of numbers for patients. I personally saw the staff at the counter, in a rude manner, asking a couple with a very sick looking child to go to Selayang Hospital. I’m not aware of any ruling that allows clinics to turn away patients due to shortage of numbers. I’m sincerely hopeful action will be taken by the Ministry of Health to rectify this situation. Thank you

A Shocked Patient

For every Malaysian death, Liow & Merican are responsible (& indirectly the PM as he has chosen to put imcompetent imbeciles in charge of our Health & well being)!

suggest BN make compulsory order to all Utusan reporters to learn how to use kamus for english to bm. sorry. out of topic.

on h1n1, how many ‘reported’ & ‘official’ deaths related to h1n1 will only the MOH regard as serious?

so many cases / speculations of h1n1 issues not reported or cleared of speculation.

To #3 by AhPek on August 11th, 2009 21:13, Thanks so much for your very important lead, I have read this just now,

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-sci-pneumonia4-2009aug04,0,6872284.story

and will speak to my pediatrician whether both my sons can be vaccinated ASAP. My email is karenleehs@yahoo.com

Frankly, i prefer to seek the natural path in regards to my son’s situation, i have heard of the pheumovax vaccine previously but like all vaccine, it comes with side effects and i have been reluctant to let my child be vaccinated coz it will create a sense of complacency when it comes to his health everytime he gets a cold or flu, thinking that he will recover by himself.

But in matter of life and death, i have no choice now….

As for 17 by yokielaw on August 12th, 2009 13:25 and #1 by charlieKC on August 11th, 2009 19:47, this is what i have been practising since the start of the haze,

1) drinking sugarless barley water everyday and also enzyme juice,
2) papaya after all meals if possible
3) no biscuits, junk food like keropok, mamee, fried stuffs eg (we hardly eat them),
4) wear mask whenever we go out (sometimes using N95, sometimes the three ply ones)
5) easily digestable food like porridge, pasta, noodles eg
6) don’t stuff yourself with food
7) lots of water even if it means having to have a cane over their heads to make sure they drink their cuppa
8) try to sleep before 11 pm…….
9) it’s important to have bowel movement everyday, eat enough fibre but not too much till it jams up your system.

I have just recovered from a bout of bronchitis less than a month ago and as such i have to follow the above practise as well…. even then, i occasionally still cough and feel the chills…….

To all mothers……. all the best in taking care of your children and yourself…..

P/S I saw in the papers today, the Pahang Royalties who are down with H1N1 using special masks with something that looks like canister….. anyone any idea where can we obtain them as well? All lives are lives regardless of how rich or influential they are right?

Don’t get me wrong, I am not a fan of his too but be a man and hit him in his face, not spring a cheap guerilla hit-and-hide shot like this.

You must be with OTK’s camp? Wakakaka…

Soi Lek, Where art thou? Angela Yam looking for thou

http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/

Najib may not be able to buy any conducive vaccine for A (H1N1) Virus as at todate because it has not been successfully developed yet. It will be much more effective at the moment for Najib to launch a health consciousness campaign as soon as possible in order to educate the Malaysian people on the neccesity to follow the proper quarantine procedure to isolate any suspected A (H1N1) virus carrier.

For knowledge about the present vaccination product availability status of H1N1, let’s check out the following information from wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic_vaccine

‘The Australian company CSL said that they were developing a vaccine for the swine flu and predicted that a suitable vaccine would be ready by August.[16] However, John Sterling, Editor in Chief of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, said on June 2, “It can take five or six months to come up with an entirely novel influenza vaccine. There is a great deal of hope that biotech and pharma companies might be able to have something ready sooner.”‘

‘Testing of H1N1 Vaccine
According to ClinicalTrials.gov, Initial Phase I human testing began with Novartis’ MF59 candidate in July 2009, and phase II trials of CSL’s candidate CSL425 vaccine were planned to start in August 2009, but had not begun recruiting. Sanofi Pasteur’s candidate inactivated H1N1 had several phase II trials planned as of 21 July 2009, but had not begun recruiting. News coverage conflicted with this information, as Australian trials of the CSL candidate were announced as having started on 21 July, and the Chinese government announce the start of trials of the Hualan Biological Engineering candidate.’

raven77 :
But then we all also know that the MCA just loves to be sodomized by UMNO..

Well, I beg to differ. It is not that MCA loves to be sodomized by UMNO. It has no choice. Between the devil and the deep blue sea, MCA chooses the devil because the devil has some use for it. UMNO needs a puppet from each of the major races to claim that BN is a multi-racial coalition. Choosing the deep blue sea is political suicide. If MCA leaves BN, it cannot survive and MCA knows it too well. It will be mauled by DAP in any election. A TKO even before voting day. At least in BN, MCA can still count on Malay votes. How about that? A political party that claims to represent the Chinese but has to depend on Malay votes to win? What a joke.

The lunatic who is running the KKM is that bump who calls himself DG; Ismail Merican appointed by UMNO…Liow can’t do anything about that..

If the MCA has even an ounce of dignity left, they should have the BN by now….

But then we all also know that the MCA just loves to be sodomized by UMNO..