Good Response

From my perspective...

Mexico did respond quickly and swiftly to the Swine Flu, as they mobilized their citizens and let the other countries including Canada and the US know about their situation immediately. When Mauricio Hernandez came to talk to us at the USC Global Health Lecture Series, I was able to get the sense that Mexico was well-prepared, as they had protocols ready to respond to issues such as H1N1. It definitely seemed like Mexico did a much better job than China did responding to the SARS crisis in 2003, as their efficient response allowed time for other countries to really respond themselves. Now, after looking at a few blogs on the web, i realized that there's mixed reviews from its citizens.

Many do feel like the government needs to get more credit for doing a good and competent job at handling the situation, while others feel that the government did not react properly until the flu made it to the press. I took everything with a grain of salt. In the end, I did feel like Mexico could have interacted better with the World Health Organization even if they didn't agree, there has to be a better way of making sure we're all working together in the global sense. It just kind of felt like Mexico and WHO completely were not on the same page.

Either way, hopefully, many countries start having plans to deal with these global issues as a result of scares like this.