Are you afraid to travel right now with all of the hype about the N1H1 flu virus? We here at tropicaltravel.net would like to give you the facts and not the hype! The reality is that we, as Americans are more scared of a possible scenario and not about what is actually happening. There have been about 247 cases of the H1N1 flu documented in the states, and sadly one death. This is compared to the 35,000 documented deaths annually attributed to the common “winter flu”. The virus is primarily dangerous to small children and older adults that have comprised or developing immune systems. While healthy adults can indeed get sick from this virus it is nothing that cannot be avoided with some basic health precautions that we all learned in kindergarten. The CDC recommends us to take these steps to stop the spread of N1H1:

-Wash your hands often with soap and water.  This removes germs from your skin and helps prevent diseases from spreading.
-Use waterless alcohol-based hand gels (containing at least 60% alcohol) when soap is not available and hands are not visibly dirty.
-Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze and put your used tissue in a wastebasket.
-If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve, not your hands.
-Wash your hands after coughing or sneezing, using soap and water or an alcohol-based hand cleaner (with at least 60% alcohol) when soap and water are not available.
-Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth. Germs spread that way.
-Try to avoid close contact with sick people (within 6 feet). Influenza is thought to spread mainly person-to-person through coughing or sneezing of infected people.
-It is important to follow the advice of local health and government authorities.  You may be asked to restrict your movement and stay in your home or hotel to contain the spread of H1N1 flu (swine flu).
-Wear a surgical mask when in contact with other people.

The CDC has also asked, on the 30th of April, that for the time being people would limit their travels to Mexico to the necessary trips. Mexican authorities have already stated the virus has peaked in their countries and that the virus is on the decline. While U.S. authorities are still skeptical of this fact they have said that they have seen no signs of this virus being any more serious than the common “winter flu” that we see every year.

Stop falling victim to the panicking hype of the television new and get the facts for yourself!

Don’t believe us? Here are our sources!
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20090504/UPDATES/90504011/Flu+cases+leveling+off++too+early+to+say+it+s+under+control
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentSwineFlu.aspx
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentSwineFluMexico.aspx
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentSwineFluUS.aspx
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/148594.php

School update! 5/5/09

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090505/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu_schools 

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