H1N1 affecting summer travel plans??
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freddiebiscuit
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My 15 month old daughter and I will head to Canada on June 1. I am also 15 weeks pregnant. I have some concerns, but not enough to prevent us from travelling. We're aware of the symptoms and know that we need to get to a hospital if we have any of the symptoms.
i'll be traveling back to canada with my 8 month old in july. though i'm slightly worried with the h1n1 situation, we'll probably travel as planned. my family & friends back home feels that the situation is overblown in hong kong... apparently not a lot of people are wearing masks nor is it being widely reported there.
babymommy2
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we are still traveling to hong kong (from canada), I'm not to worried as it looks as though this virus is no worse than a typical influenza virus. I don't stop travelling during flu season in general, so if this one is no worse, have no reason to stop now either. All the comment on it as completely died down here now, you don't really hear of it anymore, not in the media being blown out of proportion either.
Although not a long flight, we have just travelled to Sanya and back last weekend, which was just over an hour flight, with my 16m month old daughter and I am 31 weeks pregnant. We figured that it is no different being stuck on a plane full of people than my husband going to work with a rooms full of people everyday, not knowing where they have been or who they have interacted with. Many on the flight did wear masks, and once the plane landed China's health authority boarded and temperature checked every individual, which meant we were stuck on the flight for an extra hour. But, it was reassuring to know that China (and HK for that matter) take it seriously. In the end, they did locate one person who had abnormal temperature and quarantined the 3 rows behind and after that individual. Thankfully we were in the first row so were able to leave after this, and were told we would be contacted if the relevant person was infected (which we weren't). Was a little scary initially, but we still believed it was no different from every day interaction with people in HK. You come into contact with so many people in our day to day lives (work, school, playgroups etc) and you don't know who they have been in contact with. We also figure, the swine flu could continue to be a threat for months to come, we don't want to be house bound or HK bound for that length of time.
carang
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for our dog boarding business, we have seen a VERY slight slow down for the summer (usually we would already be fully booked!). however, it is very difficult to say whether this is due to the flu or the economy. i'm leaning towards the economy playing a MUCH larger role in it.
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ctrbabe1
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We are traveling, but the only thing that's happened is that my dd will have to stay home for 7 days before returning to school. (We are leaving next week, going to be gone for 3.5 weeks). She will be able to go back to school just in time for her kindergarten graduation and the last 5 days of school.
Hi. It's good to know people are actually still going with their travel plans! I'm going to Canada with my 1 year old at the end of this month and I was debating whether to cancel the trip. Tickets have been issued and it's been a while since I was back in Canada soI really don't want to cancel my trip. If I was going by myself, I wouldn't have any second thoughts. But because I'll be brining my one year old, I'm worried. If anything happens to her I'd feel horrible.