It’s completely understandable as it is rational for a country, irrespective of its size and status, to respond zealously to a pandemic when it arrives. The Government and health authorities have had no choice but to take severe steps in their attempts to restrain the worse virus for over 40 years, but with the ubiquitous swine flu slowly fading, the question now is: have we all just over-reacted?

If we can reflect back to April last [...]