I came through London Heathrow yesterday and everything was as normal. No
health questionnaires to fill out, and no quarantine or temperature scanners
(that I saw, anyway). An elderly chap in the UK died the other day from
swine flu but it was reported he also had other "serious health
complications". The virus seems to be mild, and easily fought off by the
vast majority of those who catch it. There is always the worry it will
mutate into a more savage form, but for the meanwhile it appears tame and
not something people are overly worried about.

cheers
Steve
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2009/7/8 Tom Gray <rascally14@...>

> Now, I haven't been to England recently but my guess is things are normal
> at the airports.
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> In the last month, I've been at the airports of Toronto, SFO, San Salvador,
> Dubai, Bogota and a few others and nothing has changed. One airport had some
> people there with masks and a sign saying to tell the people if we had a
> fever.
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> There seem to be few parallels with SARS as the symptoms are just a flu and
> there's too much fear in the minds of citizens from other dangers. My
> friend, 61 years old, has or had it and he was quite sick and then got
> better...he's in Calgary, Canada. He wasn't 'quarantined' and no one else
> around him had it.
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> From what I've read from the New York City Health Dept is that it is
> overblown by the media, not easily transmitted and washing hands works very
> well for this flu. Arm's length is plenty of distance so it's not really
> lurking anywhere except on handles and places where hands touch.
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> In my thinking, the one place where we would see it affecting movement
> would be at airports, bus stations and borders but other than the initial
> hysteria and panic about Mexico, people and governments seem Swime Flu media
> weary. It's old news and any public concern seems to have waned in the
> cities I have been to in June and July.
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> Gary
> Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica.
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