As reported, new flu broke out in Kobe and Osaka in mid-May, and schools were temporary closed, and it affected to school trips, too. It's already started to decline, and school trips have been resumed. However, some people and media seem to treat the areas where new flu occurred like polluted zone. I also heard the news that there are anonymous e-mails and phone calls to schools telling not to come, and students on school trips are calumniated that they spread virus. -And so a program started to teach about correct knowledge about the new flu. I think this should be taught across the country -or adults must learn, first of all!
I suspect that people's reactions to unknown diseases haven’t changed... -I might need to be a psychologist if I try to mention furthermore, so that's about does it for.
(See also May 1, 2009)