Deadly swine flu virus in Mexico

Jacilynda · April 26, 2009

Ladies its already in the US so your guests have the same chance of getting here as they do there. Probably a higher chance of getting it here since its mostly isolated to Mexico City and most of us aren't going there. 8 students in NYC were just diagnosed w/ it. It's treatable, not anything to freak out about. There are already people in Texas and Southern Cali diagnosed w/ it and if its been found in NYC its everywhere inbetween I'm sure

annieanddaryl · April 26, 2009

This just posted. Anyone worried?

Swine flu outbreak declared 'public health emergency' - Los Angeles Times

Jess · April 26, 2009

there is already a thread on this:

http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t41426

Jacilynda · April 26, 2009

Always search the forum before posting a new thread, Ann has already had to combine 3 threads started about the Swine Flu its also being discussed under:

http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t38173

Maya28 · April 26, 2009

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Originally Posted by CDNgroom

I know it may be a bit early to start getting anxious about this, but is anybody else worried about going to Mexico in the next few weeks because of the swine flu?

We are leaving for Mexico on May 14 so we are definitely hoping the situation in Mexico gets better by then and not worse. There is no formal travel advisory as of now, but we wanted to know if anybody is thinking of changing their plans last minute? How do people feel about this? We are actually traveling through Mexico City, so we are extra worried!

Thanks!

Meagan

OMG!! I'm a totally freakin out about this flu. The media is calling it a possible pandemic. WTF! I'm getting married 2 days after you CDNgroom and I am totally reconsidering cancelling my wedding. I'm also taking my kids and so is my best friend. I'M A WRECK!!!

yamille · April 26, 2009

I'm worried. I am also anticipating all these inquiries from guests which I can't really handle right now. ugh!

sgbrown · April 26, 2009

Hi guys,

I read this online this morning and it made me feel a little better:

"A Toronto infection control specialist said it's important to keep the outbreak in perspective.

"This sounds like a pandemic â€” while it's not trivial â€” that is less severe. And less severe is something that we spent a lot of time planning for and a lot of time working on," Dr. Allison McGeer, director of infection control at Mount Sinai Hospital told CBC News.

While the cases in Mexico sound like a large number, "in truth for influenza, that's a very small number," she added. "You need to remember that in Canada alone, which is not that much bigger than Mexico City actually in population terms, 4,000 people die of seasonal flu every year."

I leave for my wedding in 6 days. I'm trying to stay calm and hopefully it rubs off on my 55 guests. So far, no one is canceling their trip and we have 6 kids coming with us.

To put some perspective on this, the distance from Mexico City to Cancun is similar to the distance from Ottawa to Winnipeg (~1500 miles). It's pretty far. When Toronto was dealing with the SARS outbreak a few years ago, I wasn't worried and I lived only 5 hours away in Ottawa.

I hope this helps a little.

tylersgirl · April 26, 2009

That does help alot...thanks for posting that! It really put things into perspective.

YaelM · April 26, 2009

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Originally Posted by sgbrown

Hi guys,

I read this online this morning and it made me feel a little better:

"A Toronto infection control specialist said it's important to keep the outbreak in perspective.

"This sounds like a pandemic â€” while it's not trivial â€” that is less severe. And less severe is something that we spent a lot of time planning for and a lot of time working on," Dr. Allison McGeer, director of infection control at Mount Sinai Hospital told CBC News.

While the cases in Mexico sound like a large number, "in truth for influenza, that's a very small number," she added. "You need to remember that in Canada alone, which is not that much bigger than Mexico City actually in population terms, 4,000 people die of seasonal flu every year."

I leave for my wedding in 6 days. I'm trying to stay calm and hopefully it rubs off on my 55 guests. So far, no one is canceling their trip and we have 6 kids coming with us.

To put some perspective on this, the distance from Mexico City to Cancun is similar to the distance from Ottawa to Winnipeg (~1500 miles). It's pretty far. When Toronto was dealing with the SARS outbreak a few years ago, I wasn't worried and I lived only 5 hours away in Ottawa.

I hope this helps a little.

Thanks! this helps a lot - im more worried about the media than the actual flu itself...like the article said thousands of peoiple die from the flu every year. This is just something new so they are taking precautions....

ajs3531 · April 26, 2009

They confirmed today that the kids in New York tested postive for the flu recently returned from trip to Cancun - so not what I wanted to hear!! I guess we just wait and see how everything plays out..

6 QUEENS STUDENTS TEST POSITIVE FOR TYPE A INFLUENZA - New York Post