If you are concerned, then stay where you are. I brought Tamiflu and alcohol gel and masks with me. Yes, the milongas are about 50% right now. But if you wait and inflation continues, there will be even fewer folks in the milongas. This is not the season for tourists ( that's why I come now). If you have a compromised immune system as did almost all the mortalities in the US, then you should not venture out.....anywhere. WHO has declared this a pandemic, meaning it is world wide and mutating daily. There are no vaccinations for it now. In BsAs it is winter and the usual colds and ordinary flu are upon us. I imagine folks with a little sniffle are scared it might be H1 no they are not going out. That is good for those of us who are still healthy.
I ALWAYS get sick when I come here: drastic change in climate, air pollution, new varities of germs, lots of kissing, holding hands with too many folks, etc etc. I bring an arsenal of comforting things - Nyquil and Puffs with Vicks Vaporub, Tylenol Cold Capsules, and tough it out. Several folks have given you honest answers ( this is my second post on topic). No one can guarantee you the future or what your dance experience will be like. I have danced five tandas in three days with an 83 year old gentleman whose much younger wife is a medical doctor. I have also watched a decline in numbers of folks in the milongas and the quality of dancing over the 13 years I have been coming here. I hope this helps you make a very personal decision. Nancy --- On Sun, 7/5/09, Felix Delgado <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Felix Delgado <[email protected]> > Subject: [Tango-L] Requesting Truth about Impact of Swine Flu on Buenos Aires > milongas > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, July 5, 2009, 11:49 AM > > I have a trip planned to go to Buenos Aires (for the first > time) at the end of this month. I am still waiting to see > what develops, but a declaration by the government of a > 'swine flu emergency' is not encouraging. I have family > members in Mexico City and their emergency a few months ago > essentially shut down the city for several weeks. Residents > were captives in their own homes and I can't imagine what > tourists did. There's no point in going to Buenos Aires if > the milongas are closed and public activities are virtually > non-existent. Even if the milongas stay open, this > declaration of an emergency is very likely to diminish the > number of people going to the milongas. A friend of mine who > travels regularly to Buenos Aires for tango just came back > and he told me that were 'a lot less people than usual in > the milongas, and not many foreigners'. This was before the > emergency was declared. > > So, I think there needs to be some truth about what is > really happening in the milongas in Buenos Aires as a result > of this declaration of a 'swine flu emergency'. Given what > my friend has said, the reports of 'milongas still open' > posted to this list may not give an accurate picture of the > situation. > > Another thing to take into account is the ability of the > Argentine health care system to respond to the epidemic. If > a tourist gets sick, he or she will be competing for medical > care and medication. Do you really think Argentina has a > sufficient supply of Tamiflu?. Swine flu has killed people > all over the globe, so this is not something to take > lightly. > > I don't mean to sound an alarm, but there is a potentially > undesirable situation here, at the very least a waste of > money because you came to dance and the milongas are either > closed or as poorly attended as at home, or worse you get > sick and put your life at risk because you can't get the > health care you need. > > Some honest answers for some honest concerns, please. > > Felix > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about > storage limits. > http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 > _______________________________________________ > Tango-L mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l > _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
