Today's
'Lectronic Latitude carries an item that is on point for this thread. From the item:
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"H1N1 (formerly Swine) Flu in Mexico
"May 1, 2009 – South of the Border
(Click on the photo to enlarge it.)
The new 20 peso note from
Mexico?
Photo Courtesy Lonnie Ryan
© 2009 Latitude 38 Publishing Co., Inc.
"The H1N1 flu — politically incorrectly referred to as the 'swine flu' — doesn't seem to be a problem for cruisers in
Mexico yet."
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To read the rest of the story, go to:
Latitude 38 - The West's Premier Sailing & Marine Magazine
An interesting factoid in that piece is that it is possible cruisers may be denied entry to certain countries if there is a hysterical reaction in those countries to the fear on H1N1.
Can't happen, you say? Today in
Hong Kong, the first case of H1N1 was reported, and the Chinese authorities quarantined the
entire hotel. From the
New York Times:
"HONG KONG —
Swine flu spread to
Asia on Friday, as
Hong Kong authorities announced the continent’s first case, a 25-year-old traveler who came from Mexico via Shanghai, and immediately quarantined an entire
hotel where the traveler had stayed on Thursday night."
To read the story, go to:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/health/02flu.html?hp
TaoJones
Edit: I see my friend Maren was adding to his post while I was composing mine . . . with this double recommendation, you might want to read the
'Lectronic Latitude story.