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View all search resultsSMS: Bird flu alert
Your comments on the reappearance of bird flu cases in North Sumatra in which at least 13 suspected patients of the disease are hospitalized More interesting is the wording of the announcement of this SMS poll in The Jakarta Post
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Your comments on the reappearance of bird flu cases in North Sumatra in which at least 13 suspected patients of the disease are hospitalized
More interesting is the wording of the announcement of this SMS poll in The Jakarta Post. You ask only what's wrong with the government handling and not what's right with it.
The freedom of the press should not extend to serve the political goals of others. Maybe the health minister has upset somebody by being too honest.
The handling of the bird flu problem has been difficult and challenging. The role of Namru, WHO and the American government in the distribution of the virus samples has never been clearly explained in the press.
I find it interesting that as the election campaign starts to warm up that the Post chooses this subject for an opinion poll. Perhaps the old political guard is nervous that the health minister may prove to be a viable presidential candidate and more importantly one who makes decisions which do not conform with old and redundant political interests.
ROBERT
Jakarta
Bird flu is an uncommon disease which gets heaps of publicity from the United States corporate media and its brain-dead Indonesian counterpart. You have a greater chance of being struck by lightning than contracting bird flu.
The government and The Jakarta Post should concentrate on diseases and conditions that cause scores more deaths than bird flu, such as TB, malaria and malnutrition.
IAN HAMILTON
Jakarta
The large number of people dead due to the bird flu epidemic indicates that the government has failed to wipe it out completely. In future, I hope that the government will have integrated programs -- not only focusing on bird flu suspects, but also destroying its source to prevent the spread of the disease.
I am sure if this could be implemented consistently we could totally eliminate the disease from the country.
ABDUL RAHIM
Tangerang, Banten
