Today I had a long telephone call with Chris. He is back in Sydney and wanted to fly to Singapore for a short holiday with his family. Not that easy as it turned out. Asia is in a turmoil because of the swine flu. At Singapore airport they have implemented a temperature sensor that is screening all visitors to the country. Elevated temperatures mean a quarantine for 7 days. As his daughter Tahlia is still a little bit frail after the cold she had, and her temperature still slightly above normal, Emma and Chris don’t want to take the risk. Swine flu is the issue in South Asia, he told me. “It seems that whole Australia is sick”, he said. People walk around Sydney with face masks, they prefer to stay home instead of going out. “It is weird”, he said, “having been in Europe for so long I missed the months that lead to this escalation of the situation. It is all about immunity and the immune system around me.”
The flu is a viral infection. The most powerful tool against this illness is a strong immune system. This is straight in the line with biestmilch.