Has the 2009 Swine Influenza (Flu) changed your travel plans?

[Marc]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Swine_influenza

The 2009 flu outbreak in humans is due to a new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1 that derives in part from human influenza, avian influenza, and two separate strains of swine influenza. The origins of this new strain are unknown, and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) reports that it has not been isolated in swine.[2] It passes with apparent ease from human to human, an ability attributed to an as-yet unidentified mutation.[3] The strain in most cases causes only mild symptoms and the infected person makes a full recovery without requiring medical attention and without the use of antiviral medicines.[4]

Has the Swine Influenza (Flu) changed your travel or other plans?

Or do you believe this is all being 'over blown'?

[Just Askin]

Marc,

The flu hasn't changed my travel plans, but really messed up my work week. Started feeling "creepy" on Saturday and ended up missing a couple of days of work (Monday, Tuesday), Not sure if it was the "swine" flu, but it was probably a good imitation.

Our company president is in our Monterrey Mexico facility. It will be interesting to see if he comes back to the states tomorrow.

[SteelMaiden]

I really don't plan on making any big changes, but I had no travel plans myself. I do think I will be extra careful about the folks that are planning on coming here for various audits. I'll probably do what I do in the worst part of any flu season. Stay away from crowds (easy because I'm antisocial anyway), wash my hands frequently (easy because I do that anyway), and my one big change? If you sneeze or cough on me, I'll have to beat you down.

somebody here said to me yesterday: "how does a 23 month old get swine flu anyway? It's not like we should be feeding our babies that much pork anyway! What is wrong with people to be exposing babies that young to pork?

Honest to God. You can't make stuff like this up. And then they wonder why people make fun of rednecks.

[Quality Priest]

It changed my wife’s travel plans when she ran out of petrol.
I had to tell her the news was referring to Mexico not Texaco

[Bifften]

Originally Posted by Quality Priest

It changed my wife’s travel plans when she ran out of petrol.
I had to tell her the news was referring to Mexico not Texaco

Can't believe that for a sec. Reckon you're telling porkies

[Stijloor]

Originally Posted by SteelMaiden

<snip>Honest to God. You can't make stuff like this up. And then they wonder why people make fun of rednecks.

Steel,

They're not limited to North Carolina....

Stijloor.

[domingue]

Hasn't affected my plans, but we've got a corporate mandate to postpone/cancel all nonessential travel to Mexico. Anyone who does travel down there (we've got a couple facilities south of the border) can't go back to work for 7 days. Sounds like a good way to get some free vacation time to me...

Originally Posted by SteelMaiden

somebody here said to me yesterday: "how does a 23 month old get swine flu anyway? It's not like we should be feeding our babies that much pork anyway! What is wrong with people to be exposing babies that young to pork?

Honest to God. You can't make stuff like this up. And then they wonder why people make fun of rednecks.

Quoted from our corporate newsletter yesterday:

Can I get swine influenza from eating or preparing pork?

No. Swine influenza viruses are not spread by food. You cannot get swine influenza from eating pork or pork products. Eating properly handled and cooked pork products is safe.

Aside from this being the most redundant possible answer to the question, it does mean that your acquaintance is not the only one with those concerns...

[Just Askin]

Just picked this up off AP:

"Egypt began slaughtering the roughly 300,000 pigs in the country Wednesday as a precaution against swine flu even though no cases have been reported here, infuriating farmers who blocked streets and stoned vehicles of Health Ministry workers who came to carry out the government's order."

Yee Hah