The simple answer is NO…Here are the facts (updated
9/2009)
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Mexico is a large country; the state of
Quintana Roo (Q. Roo) where Mayan Riviera is located is equal
in size to West Virginia (approx. 20,000sq. miles) and a population of equal
to Maine (1.25 Million). The Mayan Riviera
("Solidaridad" is the name of the County that Mayan Riviera is located) is a
“small tiny” area of the large
country of Mexico with a
population of ONLY 135,000, think Fort Collins CO, Savannah GA or
McAllen TX. So think twice when you hear a news report on
“Mexico”, it’s doesn’t necessary have anything to do with the Mayan Rivera
or Cancun (even though the New services just love to show a bikini on a
beach whenever they talk about Mexico??), most of the "Mexican" news is
about Mexico City (think NYC or LA) so if you were living in say McAllen TX;
How much of what went on NYC has anything to do with you?
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THE H1N1 NUMBERS (9/19)
- Confirmed Cases
USA - 125,178
Mexico - 27,085
Quintana Roo - 514
- Deaths
USA - 632
Mexico - 202
Quintana Roo - 1(in the state capital of Chetumal – 2.5 hours away
from the Mayan Riviera)
- H1N1 New cases in Quintana
Roo – ONLY 2 since August. The
cases in the area did go up in July when school let out but went
back down in August when School resumed.
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I live here in the Mayan Riviera and am more afraid of getting the
H1N1 flu when I go back to the USA for a visit than living here.
In our small area of Mexico the flu is in the
decline and it has been, and in truth it never was running rampant here, I
don't know anybody who had it, my friends with kids in school don't know
anyone whom has had it. I know the news made
it sound like Cancun was the epidictic center of the flu, people were
dropping sick like flies, but honestly it was not like that, we did not know
what to think because no one here was sick! The Cancun newspapers said that
after investigation most of the tourist that were sick were thought of
catching the flu on flights connecting threw Mexico City or from Cancun
airport personnel working both in Cancun and Mexico City, made since to me
because I sure was not seeing it. My husband and I were in China when this
broke out we got of of China by the skin of our teeth (they quarantined
people that arrived from Mexican flights for weeks in China.) The fact is we
had been in Southeast Asia for 3 weeks (cooking classes) and had not been in
Mexico City for years (so how could we have it?)... we got back to our home
here in the Mayan Riviera thinking we would find everyone sick (we only had
CNN ASIA or internet News), and to our surprise we found that nothing had
happened and still has not happened. The Mexican Government has a huge
campaign to educate the community on precautions that should be taken to
stop transferring of the flu, hotels, resorts and restaurants have
all had to participate, the campaign is on TV, in the Schools and on Highway
Signs. The Swine flu has really hurt the area; it has put 1000’s of people
out of work. No one here is going to be
lazy about maintaining preventative measures and practice good hygiene in
their establishments and to educate their staffs. The Swine flu has hurt the
area’s economy more than any hurricane in the past, and we are all
determined to do everything in our power to change public perception.
So if the World Heath Origination
has traveled to Cancun/Mayan Riviera why shouldn’t you?
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On
July 2nd, 2009 the Swine flu Summit has held here in Cancun. The Director of
the WHO said