Yesterday, June 3, the La Salle’s officials had announced that they would be closing the school for quarantine of 10 days after an exchange student, a female Japanese, had been tested positive for the A(H1N1) flu virus.  Also, a male Japanese exchange student had also been confirmed to have the virus as well. This created panic and worry to all the students in DLSU in Taft Avenue as the 21 year old female exchange student is feared to have been in contact with up to 120 people.

Students who live near DLSU are obviously unease with the issue with the fear that they would get infected with the virus.  Coffee shops re almost empty during lunch time too and if one sneezes, everybody would give them that worried look in fear that that person may have the virus.

This is actually what Marianito Duque III, our Health Security fears most.  He said that the virus itself is just a mild case of flu and it’s really nothing to be scared about. You should be more scared with the dengue virus than the A(H1N1) virus where your chance of dying is just 1%.  He also said the panic is much worse than the virus itself and it should actually be avoided.

Some students from nearby schools are starting to wear facial masks to keep themselves protected despite the stares.