I read in the newspapers today that Singapore is in the transition stages from "containment" to "mitigation". Meaning that soon the H1N1 virus will not be able to be maintained, and soon they will move on to the mitigation phase rather than containment.

So in extreme terms, as soon as the spread reaches a certain level, they're going to lift all the precautions and procedures set in place (e.g. thermal scanners at airports, temperature screening -- citing Los Angeles as an example) because, frankly, they wouldn't help the situation. Instead, they would try and mitigate (relieve, alleviate) it.

D:

I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to live in Los Angeles at this moment; knowing that US has one of the largest numbers of H1n1 cases in the world, and yet nothing's being done in the airports, like health screening. Just that if (or WHEN) you get it, you go to the hospital/clinic, and hope you come out fine.

I don't want that to happen to Singapore.