Swine flu???

[TravelDave]

As of now, it doesnÃÕ look like the swine flu outbreak will get in the way with a planned trip to Roatan starting this Saturday (including a side trip to CopáÏ late next week). IÃÎ still a little concerned though. Any educated insights?

Thanks,
Dave


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Honduras and the pig influenza Until this moment the mysterious pig influenza has not appeared in Honduras, but with the appearance of three suspicious cases in Guatemala and the facility with which the virus propagates around the world due to the aerial transport, it is only time question so that the first cases occur. Countries to the other side of the world like Spain, France and Israel already have reported suspicious and confirmed cases of the virus. In Honduras the authorities have established sanitary controls in the international airports, but the virus has not conducted battle, hardly to " pure ojo" the person could be detected who is carrying of the same, which is a real risk because we have daily direct flights with Mexico in specific. The World-wide Organization of the Health has recognized that podra not to stop the propagation of the virus because already this very extended and that no longer has sense to try to restrain it. Mexico where the first cases were detected has been the major affected lamentably, with 149 deaths until the moment attributed to the disease. Surely the poor population of the country has been affected, since in the United States several cases without have been detected already until the moment are deaths. Surely in the next hours we will obtain major information and the sanitary controls at national level are haran more rigorous.

[DeepBlueDivers]

Hi

At the moment, as far as we know, there are no reports of it in Honduras, so your travel plans should be OK

[RoatanMan]

Fear sells newspapers.

Travellers are going to take whatever risks they are comfortable with in terms of their adventure vacations. Some folks go to Six Flags, some to Las Vegas, others like SCUBA divers are prone to take greater risks.

I would be much more concerned about ground transporation safety than swine flu, and driving a rented vehicle would be high on the list. The roads are marginal, people drive like... well... they drive like Hondurans, and there are no hospitals of the type which you may be familiar. I would be more concerned with things like that, stuff that we just gloss over, ignore, and jump into ratty rental vcehicles... much less motor scooter rentals.

Unfortunately, risk is perception. If one feels, believes and knows that the "risk" is a specific quantatative figure, they have something to base their decision upon.

One must also take into account the health and age of the participants. What may be an acceptable risk for a 24 year old Marine would be off the scale for a Diabetic or someone on chemotherapy. Children and infants? Another factor.

Thus, your question has no answer.

"Fortune favors the brave"

[Knuspar]

I might have it wrong, but hey .. isent it "just" a flu?

Here in Denmark people are ripping away Tamiflu from the shelves, its a anti-flu medicine that works both to prevent you from getting it, and soften the effects as well.

Were going to CCV in 9 days, and im not worried one bit. Like Doc says, fear selss news papers .. and yearh, its tragic that 100+ died so far in Mexico... but its very young people and old/weak people .. were 3 guys in healthy condition around 30 .. so im not worried one bit =)

[Bay Island Diver]

I think I saw a pork fish coughing today

[Cajuncru Diver]

Just don't freak out when you fly in. We left Roatan on Wednesday and all the Continential personnel in the airport and the luggage handlers were wearing mask..........a little overkill I think!

[RoatanMan]

The desk employees heard about "Swine Flu" and thought it meant "Pigs Fly".

So there you have it. :rofl3:

http://webmail.att.net/wmc/en-US/v/wm/49FB0C86000EC3C4000062CD22218683269B0A02D29B9B0EBF 970A020103D39C029A09D39C9D0A97990E04/1pigflygif.gif?cmd=GetImg&a=4&no=102&uid=451683&sid=c0&name=1pigflygif.gif

[Knuspar]

No longer called swine flu =)

Its now "Flu A" or "H1N1" :D

[UTLgirl]

Darnit! And here I thought the price of Bacon would come down :(

[CajunDiva]

Nothing to panic about, but a little common sense goes a long way. I caught a terrible cold on the way TO Roatan a couple of weeks ago that almost ruined my diving.

A smart thing to do is buy anti-bacterial wipes and wipe down the armrests of your seat on the plane as well as any other surfaces you may come in contact with. Also apply liquid hand sanitizer on a regular basis. Note: when you leave Roatan, if it's not in a plastic bag they will confiscate it!

[Knuspar]

Darnit! And here I thought the price of Bacon would come down :(

LOL ! Youre so right =)

[Web Monkey]

Darnit! And here I thought the price of Bacon would come down :(

That's one of the reasons they stopped calling it "Swine Flu". People thought you could get it from pork and the pork producers were freaking out.

Terry

[Byte Me]

Darnit! And here I thought the price of Bacon would come down :(

Quite the contrary in some places it will be skyrocketing! Take for example Egypt:

"After being unsettled by years of battling deadly bird flu, the Egyptian government has decided to slaughter the nation's 300,000 pigs to prevent the spread of swine flu. The health ministry has reportedly put all hospitals and quarantine center on alert to slow the spread of the virus in Egypt." :confused: :confused:

This in spite of the fact that YOU CANNOT CATCH SWINE FLU FROM A PIG!! :rofl3: And NO ONE THERE HAS IT YET!

In the words of Susan Powter:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_olhiYVOMcGc/ScwGMTgpHTI/AAAAAAAABNA/v_8Shp32Grk/s400/Susan+Powter+weight.jpg

CAN WE PLEASE STOP THE INSANITY!! :lotsalove:

[Knuspar]

Quite the contrary in some places it will be skyrocketing! Take for example Egypt:

"After being unsettled by years of battling deadly bird flu, the Egyptian government has decided to slaughter the nation's 300,000 pigs to prevent the spread of swine flu. The health ministry has reportedly put all hospitals and quarantine center on alert to slow the spread of the virus in Egypt." :confused: :confused:

This in spite of the fact that YOU CANNOT CATCH SWINE FLU FROM A PIG!! :rofl3: And NO ONE THERE HAS IT YET!

In the words of Susan Powter:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_olhiYVOMcGc/ScwGMTgpHTI/AAAAAAAABNA/v_8Shp32Grk/s400/Susan+Powter+weight.jpg

CAN WE PLEASE STOP THE INSANITY!! :lotsalove:

LOL .. LETS ACT ! .. Then we think ! :O hahaha

[agilulfo]

Darnit! And here I thought the price of Bacon would come down :(

I bought pork sausages at the supermarket yesterday. They were on sale 50% off. :)

[Rhone Man]

During the preceding week one person in the US has died of H1N1 flu, and approximately 775 (statistically speaking) have died of conventional seasonal flu.

And of course approximately 7,000 people die each day of malaria, but they are poor and black so God forbid that the media should pay any attention to them.

[RoatanMan]

And of course approximately 7,000 people die each day of malaria, but they are poor and black so God forbid that the media should pay any attention to them.

It's not a racial or socioeconomic bias.

Malaria happens all the time, it would cost huge amounts of money to fix, and the word just isn't fun to say.

Swine Flu.

See? That's got sizzle to it.

Malaria? That's so last century.

QUIZ:

What was the big news story on 9-11 before the planes hit?

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Shark attack epidemic off of Florida. That was after we got tired of Chandra Levy.

Then, something better came along. :shakehead:

[marcoa]

I didn't want to alarm anyone, but the midnight parrotfish have started to wear facial masks.

I'll work on capturing a picture for you.

[ktownhero]

Two weeks in Roatan (and excessive exposure to Marco) = no swine flu

On the other hand, apparently my friend Stephanie ended up with it in New Jersey while I was gone. She and I celebrated with a high five.

The swine flu is another prank on society!