Is the name really that important?

In handling crisis, the worst thing to do is losing focus and deviations on unnecessary trivial issues. You can see a very good example on how our ministers or other high ranked government officers were divided by how Influenza A (H1N1) to be called. Medical experts like TanSri Ismail Merican insists of the term Influenza A (H1N1) as that is what agreed upon by medical experts of WHO as it is a new virus strain derived from a mutation of swine-flu, bird-flu and human-flu. But there are some others who think that Influenza A (H1N1) is too difficult to pronoun or too technical for people at large to be familiar with. The difference of opinions on what the H1N1 to be called spiced up arguments among the ministers and related authorities which doesn't auger well to lessen the confusion of the general public on this flu pandemic. The word swine flu is even too sensitive for President Barack Obama as it may deter people from eating pork, thus affecting million dollar business of the pig rearing industry.

Whatever it is, the virus couldn’t be care less on what human beings going to call them. You can call them angel but they will still infect you if you are not taking any precautionary measures and too unfortunate to come into contact with people already been infected but unaware of their infections. Let stand united in fighting Influenza A. The name of this highly contagious disease has nothing to do with the outbreak. Let implement more stringent measures to curb the disease as fast as possible so that we don't have to worry so much while travelling or going to public places.