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nomadicmatt said:

well, i hope the swine flue does stay out of there!
- 27 April 2009 at 11:53 am
Denise said:

My daughter was vacationing in Manzanillo for a week and left last Thursday. She was sick on the plane. Symptoms are sore throat, runny and bloody nose, muscle aches and other flu sx. Viral cultures not yet back. So far, she is a suspected case.
- 27 April 2009 at 12:45 pm
Manzanillo Blogger (author) said:

Yikes! Please let us know what the results are! Hope she is ok.
- 27 April 2009 at 12:52 pm
Manzanillo Blogger (author) said:

Us too man! At least this is a treatable disease. It’s just in Mexico City where they weren’t prepared. They can’t even get the people there fresh water, how in the world could they get out anti-virals?
- 27 April 2009 at 12:53 pm
Denise said:

Cultures just came back and they are negative!! Yeah. Thank God. But if you start to experience any symptoms, get Tamiflu or Relenza asap. Thanks for your concern.
- 27 April 2009 at 1:27 pm
Susan said:

I arrived back from Manzanillo on April 4 and came down with symptoms on the 25th. Seeing MD tomorrow…it’s not pretty!
- 27 April 2009 at 3:26 pm
TheRealEstateManzanillo said:

Hey People, i think you should NOT auto-medicate, that could cover the symptoms and then… well everybody knows what happen after two weeks. You better go to the doctor. If you want info about it, check one of the biggest newspaper in mexico, El universal. Also, there is no more mask in manzanillo or mexico, its hard to find them, you can use the ones of the hardware store. Or you can make your own too.
- 28 April 2009 at 8:42 am
Manzanillo Blogger (author) said:

Good point I should have mentioned that, thanks! No more surgical masks in Mexico??!! Wow… how strange is that?
The masks don’t actually do anything anyway. This is a virus and unless you wear a full gas mask with microbe filters on it, it won’t matter. However, they will do wonders for your pollen allergies. http://www.slate.com/id/2217045/
They certainly won’t hurt, but there’s no replacing avoiding contact with large numbers of people, avoiding touching surfaces that are frequently touched by persons, not rubbing your face with your hands, and washing your hands very frequently.
- 28 April 2009 at 9:06 am
CanuckEh said:

I have been seeing a lot of news reports and blogs suggesting it started in the US, too bad MX always get’s the bad wrap. I guess when your ex-president breaks the world you gotta find someone else to turn the blame and attention to. But i’m Canadian so what do i know about world affairs..lol Either way disease knows no boundaries or borders.
Please all stay safe.
- 28 April 2009 at 1:45 pm
Aubrey said:

We were able to find some masks through a local friend. She said that yesterday people bought all of the masks and are now reselling them. So they are there it’s just not easy to find. I saw some people walking using a kleenex as a mask. Maybe not as effective but we do the best we can.
- 28 April 2009 at 4:09 pm
Brad said:

We just returned to Canada on April 23 and we have been informed that the incubation period is about 7 days for the swine flu. If you get past the 7 days you are supposed to be ok. If you experience flu symptoms after the 7 days it would be caused by a local strain of flu and not the swine flu from Mexico. (2 more days and we will be past the 7 days mentioned by the CDC.)I hope they are right.
- 28 April 2009 at 4:42 pm
Tiffani said:

This is an interesting article regarding masks-
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_swine_flu_the_mask
One important point here is that the danger lies in emboldening mask wearers to take risks to exposure.
So if you take all the precautions and wear a mask, it can’t hurt. But if you think it will protect you further then that, think again.
- 28 April 2009 at 5:29 pm
Stan said:

At least the flu talk has gotten everyone off the “is it safe in Mexico” discussion (I had a different word). As of today there still are no cases in Colima and no suspected cases either.
Life involves risks, live it!
- 28 April 2009 at 11:40 pm
crazy4manzanillo said:

let’s hope that they can continue to DO everything they CAN to PREVENT this virus to arrive in Colima state.
even though it hasn’t been annonced that supermarkets will be closing, as a prevention, i’m still buying several frozen, sanitary and can products in bulk in stores like the soriana and walmart. the reason why? to avoid going out as much as possible. let’s face the facts that the other % of shoppers are torists from other parts of mexico from in-risk areas like mex city, aguascalientes, etc.
also try to prepare food at home rather than eating out. this will effect their business (if it hasn’t already!), but at least we’re all alive with health as we speak.
in the end, it is very sad to see Manzanillo this way with few prople in populated places and mostly wearing mask with some fear on thir faces, but we must ALL do what’s possible to avoid any possible viruses.
Hopefully this will pass soon some time and we can breathe some air! the stress is killing me…
- 30 April 2009 at 1:08 am
Manzanillo Chick said:

Via http://manzanillo.tv
One case in Tecoman and one in Manzanillo.
Here is the link with translator attached-
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fmanzanillo.tv&sl=es&tl=en&history_state0=
- 2 May 2009 at 9:30 am
Pita said:

I’ve had a cold since Monday, April 27th and I am scheduled to fly out to manzanillo. Should I still go?
- 2 May 2009 at 10:50 am
Manzanillochick said:

Hi Pita.
Sorry you are sick. Maybe try going to the doc first? Probably nothing, but it would be nice to be sure and not get a plane full of people sick too.
Hope you feel better.
- 2 May 2009 at 5:45 pm
crazy4manzanillo said:

please stay home and go to the nearest doc pita. we already have 3 cases in the state of colima.
we’re in a high risk area cause of all the tourists that we receive everyday despite of the warnings, including the ones from high risk areas of the country.
when will people learn to take care of themselves and others? this is not the time to be selfish.
is it true that they will be shutting down the beaches?
- 2 May 2009 at 9:13 pm
Howard said:

This ‘flu does not appear to be much different to the ‘flu that normally goes around. It is just that we are able to identify it, report it, and scare people to death about it. All the deaths appear to be in people with other serious problems, or during a big heat wave in Mexico.
I live in Manzanillo. I don’t see a problem.
The local news reports 10 confirmed case in Manzanillo to date, 14 overall in the state of Colima. That is fewer than in Canada and the USA.
I still don’t see a problem.
If you come here I promise not to kiss you, sneeze on you, or do other things that might spread to you the disease that I do not have.
So, lets not get worked up over this, we can manage it.
- 13 May 2009 at 9:52 pm
Goose said:

I’ve found quite a good way to track this and the other more scary stuff happening in Mexico right now is through the Mexico travel advice page on Journeywatch.com
- 23 June 2009 at 12:23 am

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