- Joined
- Jul 26, 2003
As far as I've heard, just about every person who has gotten H1N1 was either in Mexico or came into contact with someone who had been there recently. The largest cluster is linked to a group of students in Queens who were in Mexico for spring break. Most of their relatives have not even gotten sick.
LOL - we've been blaming one of our co-workers for every sneeze and sniffle. He was in Cancun on vacation. It's not him - he's been back to work for 2 weeks and hasn't sneezed/coughed in front of any of us. If anything, everyone else is sneezing due to seasonal allergies right now.
However, I plan to get a flu shot for the 1st time this year. As with the 1918 pandemic, the virus returned during the winter flu season and caught people unawares because they thought it had passed. The current weather in the Northern Hemisphere might be playing a role in preventing it's spread - for some reason, flu viruses are more prevalent during the winter months.
LOL - we've been blaming one of our co-workers for every sneeze and sniffle. He was in Cancun on vacation. It's not him - he's been back to work for 2 weeks and hasn't sneezed/coughed in front of any of us. If anything, everyone else is sneezing due to seasonal allergies right now.
However, I plan to get a flu shot for the 1st time this year. As with the 1918 pandemic, the virus returned during the winter flu season and caught people unawares because they thought it had passed. The current weather in the Northern Hemisphere might be playing a role in preventing it's spread - for some reason, flu viruses are more prevalent during the winter months.