Swine fule vs travling?

[Chile Chef]

Buy September where the weather starts to cool off will it be safe again to travel?

[renodesertfox]

Buy September where the weather starts to cool off will it be safe again to travel?

Here's my 2 cents on the thing...we don't read the newspapers at all and I do not watch TV. In fact, with the TV we don't even want cable, way too much razz-a-ma-tazz! We get our infor off the internet and we don't think it's as bad as everyone is making it. The biggest thing a person can do is get your annual flu shot and wash your hands often. Drink plenty water. Let's go camping! Besides once the heat sets in here we won't have a cool day until late October.

[jpurdy]

I also do not listen to the media for the infomation on this.
I use the Center for Disease Control and Prevention:
http://www.cdc.gov/
For the Flu Alerts for Mexico:
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentSwineFluMexico.aspx

For outbreak info in U.S.
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentSwineFluUS.aspx

[renodesertfox]

Howdy John,
Excellent links...I copied them into my home page, thanks!

It occurs to me that if your sick, stay home. If you have to go out where a mask. And men, wash your hands. There was a study a number of years back and 90% of the 100,000 men tested did not wash their hands after a visit to a public or their own house restroom, yuck! That's more information than I wanna know about!

Gentlemen Wash Your Hands! You won't get sick that often. Just my 2 cents!

[Bigdog57]

The MSM is blowing this flu all out of proportion to it's performance to date. Remember, the 'regular' flu kills thousands in this nation alone yearly. Just follow basic common sense, and you'll be alright. I avoid crowds, and wash hands often. I stocked up on the usual flu meds to treat and relieve the symptoms (there is NO vaccine yet).
My sister is a local Pathology Tech specializing in microbiology and microbes (been there 20+ years) - she isn't worried (and she hates being in a hospital around sick people!).
So far, there haven't been any cases here in Northern Florida - I do expect that to change. But don't buy into the hysteria fomented by the FedGov. They have been itching to try out their nifty new 'protocols' developed for the Avian Flu (it hasn't co-operated by going 'pandemic'), so they are happy to jump onto this one.
Watch the kids though! Schools are proving to be very popular places for it to pop up.
If you or a family member get it, stay isolated, provide plenty of fluids. Aspirin should be avoided for kids.