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.