Swine flu

I hope most of them are aware of the deadly swine flu caused by the virus H1N1. Pigs are the largest carrier of this disease. Its been spreading very wide through out the world and many infected and few of them dead too! Its horrifying to hear it while being safe in non-infected countries. It takes my breath away to imagine myself being infected when I have no clue what this freaking disease is. As I’m aware from the latest news there are 900 people already being infected but no one bothered to count how many pigs are being infected, instead people are counting how many pigs actually exist?

I was watching the news today morning and it was so really sad to see the flash news saying, “more than 900 people infected by swine flu, 30 dead and more than 300,000 pigs slaughtered”. Before I go on further, just stop reading at this point and make a contrast on what the situation is.

Its a fact that we are suffering but we have a medication for that. But what about these poor animals? They are suffering too! and without medication! Its never that pigs want us to share the disease with them. Or is it? Those human beings who are infected are quarantined and given proper care and treatment but why are the pigs slaughtered? For the kindest of information those 300,000 are not the one’s being infected, they are only the pig count slaughtered and people are searching for more pigs to slaughter. Tomorrow I’ll probably be reading 300 millions of pigs slaughtered and I wont be surprised then. Why don’t animals have the right to live? Let the infected people be slaughtered too. Thats a fair deal and I wont be posing this question. If human beings can be quarantined and there are research operations for the finding of a vaccination formula, there should be a way out for the safe being of these animals too. Why aren’t the animals quarantined? Or should I make an excuse again by saying “we are indeed human beings!”