H1N1 had seemingly disappeared for over 30 years, but this outbreak hit hard, so the government would have been remiss in its duties by not taking strong counter measures.
從禽流感、各種季節性流感年年爆發看來，流感病毒最詭異之處就在於每隔幾年就會來次大變異，甚至在不同物種間傳染。面對已絕跡 40 年、此波卻來勢洶洶的 H1N1 新流感威脅，政府若不做任何防範，實屬不智，也是失職。