Should I cancel going to a work conference in Boston next week for fear of swine flu?
I am worried about being around so many people from the united states in confined conference rooms. It is at the copley marriot in boston, massachusets, May 6th - May 8th
Infectious Diseases - 6 Answers
People's Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
Answer 1 :
Avoid all public transportation if you can. People are disgusting and sneeze and cough without covering their mouths.
Answer 2 :
Definitely not!
Answer 3 :
no as long as your not going to mexico!
Answer 4 :
Gosh no !!! There is mass hysteria. Just carry some hand sanitazer.
Answer 5 :
BELOW IS BORROWED FROM : NATURALNEWS.COM (I’ve reformatted it and snipped a little of it) (This information came from an email from Patt, marked VERY IMPORTANT) According to reports . . . . this strain of influenza contains viral code fragments from: Human influenza Bird Flu from North America Swine flu from Europe Swine flu from Asia This is rather astonishing to realize, because for this to have been a natural combination of viral fragments, it means: 1. an infected bird from North America 2. would have had to infect pigs in Europe, 3. then be re-infected by those same pigs 4. with an unlikely cross-species mutation that allowed the bird to carry it again, 5. then that bird would have had to fly to Asia and infect pigs there, 6. and those Asian pigs then mutated the virus once again (while preserving the European swine and bird flu elements) to become human transmittable, 7. and then a human would have had to catch that virus from the Asian pigs -- in Mexico! -- and spread it to others. (This isn't the only explanation of how it could have happened, but it is one scenario that gives you an idea of the complexity of such a thing happening). Now, on a common sense level, what is the likelihood of such a combination of seemingly unlikely, trans-continental events taking place? At first glance, without the benefit of additional laboratory analysis, it seems extremely unlikely that this could have happened "naturally," without human intervention. It's not outside the realm of possibility, of course, but it seems exceedingly remote that such events happened without some human encouragement.
Answer 6 :
I would not change my plans. This is not a pleasure trip. How important is the conference. If it is not the most important element of your career skip it. But, I would not be concerned with getting the flu.
I am worried about being around so many people from the united states in confined conference rooms. It is at the copley marriot in boston, massachusets, May 6th - May 8th
Infectious Diseases - 6 Answers
People's Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
Answer 1 :
Avoid all public transportation if you can. People are disgusting and sneeze and cough without covering their mouths.
Answer 2 :
Definitely not!
Answer 3 :
no as long as your not going to mexico!
Answer 4 :
Gosh no !!! There is mass hysteria. Just carry some hand sanitazer.
Answer 5 :
BELOW IS BORROWED FROM : NATURALNEWS.COM (I’ve reformatted it and snipped a little of it) (This information came from an email from Patt, marked VERY IMPORTANT) According to reports . . . . this strain of influenza contains viral code fragments from: Human influenza Bird Flu from North America Swine flu from Europe Swine flu from Asia This is rather astonishing to realize, because for this to have been a natural combination of viral fragments, it means: 1. an infected bird from North America 2. would have had to infect pigs in Europe, 3. then be re-infected by those same pigs 4. with an unlikely cross-species mutation that allowed the bird to carry it again, 5. then that bird would have had to fly to Asia and infect pigs there, 6. and those Asian pigs then mutated the virus once again (while preserving the European swine and bird flu elements) to become human transmittable, 7. and then a human would have had to catch that virus from the Asian pigs -- in Mexico! -- and spread it to others. (This isn't the only explanation of how it could have happened, but it is one scenario that gives you an idea of the complexity of such a thing happening). Now, on a common sense level, what is the likelihood of such a combination of seemingly unlikely, trans-continental events taking place? At first glance, without the benefit of additional laboratory analysis, it seems extremely unlikely that this could have happened "naturally," without human intervention. It's not outside the realm of possibility, of course, but it seems exceedingly remote that such events happened without some human encouragement.
Answer 6 :
I would not change my plans. This is not a pleasure trip. How important is the conference. If it is not the most important element of your career skip it. But, I would not be concerned with getting the flu.
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