Will cholera spread massively to the DR?
If cholera spreads to the DR in an epidemic form, will DR's precious tourism jewel be affected?
Will fear prone tourists avoid the DR at all costs and what will this mean for the DR?
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Will the cholera outbreak spell doom for the DR or is it just a nothingburger?
Will cholera spread massively to the DR?
If cholera spreads to the DR in an epidemic form, will DR's precious tourism jewel be affected?
Will fear prone tourists avoid the DR at all costs and what will this mean for the DR?
Nothing will affect the All Inclusives... talk about an isolated population!
I doubt that it will even cross the border intensively .. since purified water is readily available all over the DR and so the main vector is closed.
That is hardly sealing the border... thousands of Haitians cross over for those markets every week, twice a week. But I guess there is too much money at stake for the DR to ACTUALLY close the border!
O&C - no, not doomed quite yet.
Cholera is a bacterial infection, easily treated and easily avoided - unless you are dirt poor thus cannot afford handwash/soap and use water that is not treated.
I think we would need a half decent meteorite strike to have a Dominican doomsday scenario as per the "Book of O&C".
To be honest that is all that Haiti is missing these days - just to finish the job.
Cholera is a bacterial infection, easily treated and easily avoided - unless you are dirt poor thus cannot afford handwash/soap and use water that is not treated.
I think we would need a half decent meteorite strike to have a Dominican doomsday scenario as per the "Book of O&C".
To be honest that is all that Haiti is missing these days - just to finish the job.
Cholera Catastrophe Spreads in Haiti
Cholera Catastrophe Spreads in Haiti
Cholera Catastrophe Spreads in Haiti
"They are doing exactly the wrong thing," said Dr. Manolo Castro. "When you bring cholera victims into a hospital, especially one with poor conditions, you stand a good chance of infecting all the patients in that hospital."
"It is essential to isolate cholera victims from other patients, especially where there is poor sanitation," said Dr. Castro, who helped squelch another cholera outbreak when stationed in the Cape Verde islands in 1994. "The government should also stop all traffic and travel between the affected area and those not affected. Otherwise, the disease is going to spread."
Cholera Catastrophe Spreads in Haiti
Cholera Catastrophe Spreads in Haiti
"They are doing exactly the wrong thing," said Dr. Manolo Castro. "When you bring cholera victims into a hospital, especially one with poor conditions, you stand a good chance of infecting all the patients in that hospital."
"It is essential to isolate cholera victims from other patients, especially where there is poor sanitation," said Dr. Castro, who helped squelch another cholera outbreak when stationed in the Cape Verde islands in 1994. "The government should also stop all traffic and travel between the affected area and those not affected. Otherwise, the disease is going to spread."
Well, they have pretty much identified the source according to AP. The Nepalese soldiers and their waste. Improper handling and storage of human wastes.
Bottom line: The UN has killed over 300 Haitians and will kill hundreds more before this is over.
The UN is responsible and the world will soon know about it, since there are photos and evidence galore.
If it should break out here, the UN has to pay the DR for every penny spent is treating and isolating it.
I have to agree that Isolation is a key element in the stemming of the outbreak.
Whether it will or when it will get here remains to be seen.
It is terrible. It must be stopped. The government is spending a lot on propaganda: Wash hands. clean water. clean food. clean water. clean hands. clean water.....
HB
Bottom line: The UN has killed over 300 Haitians and will kill hundreds more before this is over.
The UN is responsible and the world will soon know about it, since there are photos and evidence galore.
If it should break out here, the UN has to pay the DR for every penny spent is treating and isolating it.
I have to agree that Isolation is a key element in the stemming of the outbreak.
Whether it will or when it will get here remains to be seen.
It is terrible. It must be stopped. The government is spending a lot on propaganda: Wash hands. clean water. clean food. clean water. clean hands. clean water.....
HB
Everything DR with you finds gloom and doom in the same sentence as always!!!
Sir! Step away from that kool-aid!!!! Put it down on the floor and turn around with your hands up atop your head! Huh? Sorry! Atop whatever is left of it then!
