Would you mind bringing me a copy of the Daily Mail?
I'm running low on toilet paper.
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Sickness at BP San Juan
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I'm running low on toilet paper.
I dont read newspapers but I do follow the news on tv. I cant wait to get to the DR in 4 weeks but I do not want to spend any days in bed because of illness. We paid a lot of money on "Our holiday of a lifetime". Hoping by the time we get to BP, the virus will be cleared
You can count on it being cleared up.
There's no way they would allow the hotel to remain open for another 6 weeks if the illness continued.
Not to worry.
Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez and Public Health Minister Bautista concurred yesterday that the outbreak is now suspect to have been caused by the rapidly spreading virus known as norovirus, that was imported by one of the tourists of the group. Norovirus is not endemic to the DR.
Vessel Sanitation Program: Facts About Noroviruses on Cruise Ships | CDC
The cruise ship industry is very familiar with the problem, because all they need is one passenger to come aboard and hundreds on board could be affected. To read more about this and the myths, see
Cruise Critic Cruise Planning: Demystifying the Myths of Norovirus
An all inclusive resort has much in common with a cruise ship scenario -- the people arrive in groups, they share activities together, and the illness can be easily spread amongst them.
Vessel Sanitation Program: Facts About Noroviruses on Cruise Ships | CDC
The cruise ship industry is very familiar with the problem, because all they need is one passenger to come aboard and hundreds on board could be affected. To read more about this and the myths, see
Cruise Critic Cruise Planning: Demystifying the Myths of Norovirus
An all inclusive resort has much in common with a cruise ship scenario -- the people arrive in groups, they share activities together, and the illness can be easily spread amongst them.
So the reference to 'winter' vomiting virus is because it is believed to have come from a 'cold' country perhaps?
Wednesday's papers talked about Golden Staph. Today's are now talking about novovirus.
1) Wednesday's could be right.
2) Today's could be the government's "spin doctors" at work
3) Independent confirmation is needed.
4) Today's papers are talking about temporary closing of the hotel...
Whatever.
For those going elsewhere, allow me to say that in more than four decades od life here in the DR, I have never been seriously ill with just one notorious exception:
The university's 20th Anniversary bash. This famous dinner party put all of the Dominican Council of Bishops, 90% of the professors and hundreds of good folks in serious, explosively bad condition. The culprit was a cold meat that had not been properly refrigerated by do?a Irma Hatton--then the caterer for Santiago--and she lost her business. It was sad but oh so funny. One professor passed out in the john and had to be rescued by his secretary and colleagues....all the rooms at Clinica Corominas were filled with bishops...There was no stomach medicine available in the Santiago pharmacies..Angela Pe?a, who writes for newspapers in Santo Domingo, wrote a famous "decima" about the event....
all that commentary. I eat ice cream. I occasionally eat on the street, at the ballpark or other strange places. I drink the water in many cities....Not Sosua or Cabarete or Puerto Plata....Iron Gut Hillbilly I suppose....
Nobody that I know of has ever gotten sick eating at my table.
So: Common sense. Washing your hands before meals. Careful preparation. EOP.
HB
1) Wednesday's could be right.
2) Today's could be the government's "spin doctors" at work
3) Independent confirmation is needed.
4) Today's papers are talking about temporary closing of the hotel...
Whatever.
For those going elsewhere, allow me to say that in more than four decades od life here in the DR, I have never been seriously ill with just one notorious exception:
The university's 20th Anniversary bash. This famous dinner party put all of the Dominican Council of Bishops, 90% of the professors and hundreds of good folks in serious, explosively bad condition. The culprit was a cold meat that had not been properly refrigerated by do?a Irma Hatton--then the caterer for Santiago--and she lost her business. It was sad but oh so funny. One professor passed out in the john and had to be rescued by his secretary and colleagues....all the rooms at Clinica Corominas were filled with bishops...There was no stomach medicine available in the Santiago pharmacies..Angela Pe?a, who writes for newspapers in Santo Domingo, wrote a famous "decima" about the event....
all that commentary. I eat ice cream. I occasionally eat on the street, at the ballpark or other strange places. I drink the water in many cities....Not Sosua or Cabarete or Puerto Plata....Iron Gut Hillbilly I suppose....
Nobody that I know of has ever gotten sick eating at my table.
So: Common sense. Washing your hands before meals. Careful preparation. EOP.
HB
I love it! Where would we be without the scandal sheets?
It reminds me of the Irish song The Man From The Daily Mail
"Now Ireland's a very funny place, sir
It's a strange and a troubled land
And the Irish are a very funny race, sir
Every girl's in the Cumann na mBan
Every doggie wears a tri-coloured ribbon
Tied firmly to its tail
And it wouldn't be surprising
If there'd be another rising
Said the man from the Daily Mail"
update on BP San Juan
The resort will be getting closed down at some point and a clean up operation take place.
The resort will be getting closed down at some point and a clean up operation take place.
What is your source for this information? I hope it's more than some speculation in a tabloid...
Gregg
Dominican authorities suspend operations in hotel made Brits ill
http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=25027
http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=25027
:laugh::laugh: Someone's bound to ask..........the Cumann na mBan is the Irish Revolutionary Women's movement.
. Or as some would say, was.Maybe she got it from this? But this says 'gradual exit'.
Dominican Resort Closed to New Guests: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
Sectur
A notice today from Sectur (Secretary of Tourism) says the hotel is no longer accepting guests and the present guests are being re-located while the facility is thoroughly cleansed, so it is closed until further notice. As for the US$600 charge info, SECTUR, upon questioning, said quests were charged between $80 and $100 for treatment and SECTUR was negotiating with Hospiten to lower that price more, given the volume.
A notice today from Sectur (Secretary of Tourism) says the hotel is no longer accepting guests and the present guests are being re-located while the facility is thoroughly cleansed, so it is closed until further notice. As for the US$600 charge info, SECTUR, upon questioning, said quests were charged between $80 and $100 for treatment and SECTUR was negotiating with Hospiten to lower that price more, given the volume.
British Import?
"The official said the Public Health specialists try to determine if the bacterium was brought to the country by one of the English tourists affected with some virus."
Oh, these Brits even bring their own germs ... ??
Janin
"The official said the Public Health specialists try to determine if the bacterium was brought to the country by one of the English tourists affected with some virus."
Oh, these Brits even bring their own germs ...
??Janin
British press is now reporting outbreak at Bahia Punta Cana
News in Brief - Times Online
You know as it says the hotel that is 125 miles away from Rio San Juan ??????
News in Brief - Times Online
You know as it says the hotel that is 125 miles away from Rio San Juan ??????
No tenemos la culpa
... which makes it even more likely that the Brits brought the
viruses with them...
Janin
... which makes it even more likely that the Brits brought the
viruses with them...
Janin
H'mmmm. Wonder how much THAT is law suit generated..........the paper says:........... 'As more than 300 people affected at the Bah?a Principe San Juan hotel, in the Dominican Republic, hired lawyers, a further 50 at the five-star Gran Bah?a Principe Punta Ca?a hotel, 200km (125 miles) away, sought legal representation'.
Emboldening mine.
Haggies with germs?
... or had the same catering food... spoiled haggies maybe?????
Janin
... or had the same catering food... spoiled haggies maybe?????
Janin
Self-Defence
I would just like to thank those of you who leapt to my defence and explained that I was calling the Daily Mail a rag and not DR1, heaven forbid! I couldn't defend myself because I was temporarily banned, which was quite a novel experience. Only the second time in my life, the first being for arguing over the price of a ploughman's lunch with a pub landlord many years ago at the volatile age of 18. I bet some of these folks wish they'd stayed in England feasting on ploughman's lunch, but it seems that the food at the hotel may well not have been the cause of the outbreak. It will be important to hear what results come from tests which will obviously be done back in England. However, I doubt that the Daily Mail will report back if this proves to be a virus imported from Britain.
My reason for expressing myself less than clearly was my anger at the reports and my desire to speak up for this country and the tourist industry. I am reminded of that great poem:
First They Came for the Jews
First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
Pastor Martin Niem?ller
I have to say my ban was an error and handled very kindly by the powers that be. I'd best stop here though otherwise I may be kicked out again for being totally irrelevant in this thread. I can't pass by an opportunity to quote this great poem whenever the opportunity arises.
Get Well Soon!
Linda
I would just like to thank those of you who leapt to my defence and explained that I was calling the Daily Mail a rag and not DR1, heaven forbid! I couldn't defend myself because I was temporarily banned, which was quite a novel experience. Only the second time in my life, the first being for arguing over the price of a ploughman's lunch with a pub landlord many years ago at the volatile age of 18. I bet some of these folks wish they'd stayed in England feasting on ploughman's lunch, but it seems that the food at the hotel may well not have been the cause of the outbreak. It will be important to hear what results come from tests which will obviously be done back in England. However, I doubt that the Daily Mail will report back if this proves to be a virus imported from Britain.
My reason for expressing myself less than clearly was my anger at the reports and my desire to speak up for this country and the tourist industry. I am reminded of that great poem:
First They Came for the Jews
First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
Pastor Martin Niem?ller
I have to say my ban was an error and handled very kindly by the powers that be. I'd best stop here though otherwise I may be kicked out again for being totally irrelevant in this thread. I can't pass by an opportunity to quote this great poem whenever the opportunity arises.
Get Well Soon!
Linda
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