My 3 Burning Questions to the Singapore's 12th Victim of H1N1 who took MRT to see his GP

After reading how furious post netizens react against the H1N1 victim who took MRT to see his GP (I do feel equally angry! Who doesn't?) & today's Straits Times online article, "12th flu victim's family speaks", I have these questions to ask to the 12th victim who might have been responsible should the communal spread of the disease occur:

1. The ST article said you had been in contact with two H1N1 suspects in Australia, were you informing your GP about this fact when you met him/her?! The information if given to the GP could have influenced the GP's evaluation of 'probably only the seasonal flu' and instead the GP could have called the ambulance instead.

2. You have always been aware of the potential hazard. You checked yourself into a hotel on arrival on Mon, 01/06 as a precaution as you had mild flu symptoms. On Tue, 02/06 you took a taxi to the GP clinic. You checked out from the hotel & took a taxi to your sister's place where you stayed the whole day. And yet on Wed, 03/06 you took the MRT to the same clinic in the morning! All along you have shown to be quite a reasonable young man (isolating yourself in a hotel, taking taxis) and yet after allegedly told by the GP that you probably just had a seasonal flu, you straight away believed the GP & took the MRT for your second visit to the GP. Could you please explain yourself? Because it does seem contradictory. If you believed yourself to just have a seasonal flu, shouldn’t you wonder why you need to see the GP for the second time just a day after your first visit to the clinic?

3. And what is the GP's name? He/she should be given a chance to tell his/her side of story as well. The online article of ST does not specifically mention about the GP's identity. Perhaps not yet.

The last thing that we want is the communal spread of the disease. On Sun 31/05, Singapore Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan has said that while the H1N1 strain remains relatively mild, the communal spread of the virus is likely to happen soon. Thus, everyone should have been more vigilant. Especially he/she who suspects that he/she might have been sick with the Influenza A(H1N1).

On Sat 06/06, Mr. Khaw Boon Wan had urged Singaporeans to remain vigilant and practise good hygiene to keep the virus at bay. Mr. Khaw said that it is an achievement that there's been no evidence of communal spread of the virus in Singapore yet.

Yes, it is an achievement that everyone in Singapore should have been proud of. And no one among the victims of the Influenza A(H1N1) here in Singapore would want to be the one who spread the disease to the community.

Meanwhile, I do hope the government would take a stricter approach against those individuals who have been reckless in their actions & as a result, could have endanger the community by (intentionally or not) spreading this Influenza A(H1N1) virus.

REFERENCES:
- Straits Times, "12th flu victim's family speaks".
- Straits Times, "Flu patient took MRT".
- Channel NewsAsia, "No community spread of H1N1 so far is an achievement for S'pore: Mr Khaw".
- Channel NewsAsia, "Khaw says communal spread of H1N1 likely to happen soon".