ABC news interviewed "Patient Zero" on the evening news. Depending on the source, he is a 4 or 5 year old boy living in La Gloria, a village of 2000, outside of Veracruz. I was mistaken in an earlier post to say the the town was outside of Tampico.
Poor kid. So much for patient privacy. Pics, vids, real name exposed.
What has public health officials so worried is that it was reported that 800 of the 2000 residents contracted the flu. It is highly transmissible between human and we don't know how it will mutate. That makes it one very scary bug.
I was working in a museum in Texas that housed the statistical records of service members in WWI. We got a request from a county in the Texas panhandle for the names of all the local service related deaths. I spent two days looking through cards that listed every single Texan who died in WWI. A full third of them listed the cause of death as influenza. The Spanish Flu of 1918/1919 is what is driving this hysteria and for good reason.
Becky and I are booked for a Coz trip in August. We have not even thought about changing our plans. At this time I fully support Carnival's decision to cancel stops in Mexico. Right now, nothing could be worse than a big ship having an outbreak of flu on board.
Yep, that was a worse case scenario - medical science of the time, supplies limited, troops in confined and challenging camps, etc. We are fortunate that we have such better ways to defend.
No it is not crazy. They are trying to make a point to minimize the amount of people to people contact. That is how you minimize an outbreak. The Mexican government is really worried. Best way for this to burn out is for people to bunker down
Yeah, you're right. As much as I hate to see anyone lose a trip now, as much as I hate to see the locals in the Yucatan suffer from lack of business, as much as travel curtailment is going to hurt global business, etc - curtailing travel, especially in crowded planes, buses, and ships, is a logical move.
Is discouraging travel to Mexico any more logical than travel within the US? Probly yes for various reasons...
That is ground zero. Rationalize as you might, we've just started analyzing and fighting so we don't have all the answers about this yet - other than it does seem to be stronger there than here? I have personal opinions on why it may, but whatever - it's still ground zero. We have some cases in the US but the numbers pale in comparison.
The Mexican government has its hands full supplying medical needs to fight this, and control panic to the point of posting armed soldiers at hospitals to turn people away. They need to minimize for a few weeks and get it over with, not deal with us too.
And there are more, but enough for now.
We can debate it more if you'd like, and I'll help those who want to find flights to go, but - not going is more prudent, yeah.
The airlines are probly reacting only to demand tho. I bet they are getting cancellations like crazy for non-essential trips, which is why some are canceling flights to the Yuc but still going to Mexico City - demand.
I'm just sayin
