How far would you consider the measures taken by various countries to contain the spread of swine flu adequate and effective?

Now we are all very concerned about our health ever since the outbreak of the swine flu or H1N1 virus. It is a virus which first took its place in Mexico and caused chaos all over the world and countries immediately took safety measures against it.
In Asia, where many countries had past experience of battling with the H5N1 bird flu and SARS, began taking steps in ensuring that H1N1 virus will not penetrate the countries as easily as previous cases of other viruses. Some countries began quarantining foreign visitors suspected of having or being in contact with others who may have been infected. In late May, the Chinese government confined 21 U.S. students and three teachers to their hotel rooms because a passenger on their plane to China, suspected of having swine flu, had been seated within four rows of the students. In Hong Kong, an entire hotel was quarantined with 240 guests after one person staying there was found to have swine flu. Countries have used many methods such as quarantines, closing down of schools, closely monitor those people who are having high fevers or had been to countries that were affected by flu for the past few days.
However, one down side about all these preventions is that no matter how preventive the measures, there are still many people who got infected after they flew from one country to another country without being noticed. I feel that the best method to solve this problem is that people themselves should observe good personal hygiene and take up preventive measures should they observe other people around them is suspicious of having the flu. Also, if the people should see a doctor should they feel unwell during this period, so as to ensure that they themselves will not be a carrier of the deadly flu.
Also, there are some desperate measures such as containment which will serverely affect other countries' tourism and economic development in general. I feel that the method of containment will not work as no matter how the government tries to prevent people from going to other countries, its still up to the people themselves to take care of their health. Thus, I feel that the best way to defeat the swine flu is that all the people knows how to take care of themselves properly.

Advance Medical Directive Act

Advance health care directives, also known as advance directives or advance decisions, are instructions given by individuals specifying what actions should be taken for their health in the event that they are no longer able to make decisions due to illness or incapacity. This means that for example the person signs an agreement, sometimes in the form of a will, saying that if one day he had an accident had went into a coma, his doctor would do what is stated on the agreement, either give him treatment or give him euthanasia. The plus side about AMD is that it is an agreement entirely of the person's free will, so he decides on what will be done to him should he face an event that disables his ability to make decisions.
The main difference between AMD and euthanasia is that AMD stops the prolonging of a human's life, but does not necessarily mean that it will end the person's life, while euthanasia is the process in which the person's life is ended.
The main good point abou AMD is that many seriously ill persons are not competent to make decisions about their care. For this reason many states have passed laws that encourage advance health care directives. By means of such a document, you are able to determine now about the kind of treatment you wish to receive should you become incompetent to make those determinations at the time of your illness.
However, the negative side of AMD is that firstly, the terminally ill person may still want to live on although he wrote he would be put to sleep in a will that's, say, 2 years ago. One possible negative side about AMD is that even when the person changes his mind, he may be unable to tell the doctor about it and what will happen to him next may not be what he really wants. Also, there are many drama series which simply loves to show scenes of people being forced or blackmailed into signing the AMD so that the blackmailer or the person's children can claim the money in the will. Although it sounds ridiculous, it is still possible that in thrid world countries people will be forced to sign the AMD so that certain gains can be claimed by another person. Although it is a criminal offense, people could settle it under the table without anyone else's awareness and this could avoid the law easily.
Hence, I feel that the issue of AMD should be considered seriously as it is really a matter of life and death.