H1N1/FNASF Update
BySome of you have emailed and asked for an update on the H1N1 situation here. I apologize for not getting back to you, but I’ve been swamped recently by the growth of the blog and my business ventures here.
I’ve encountered lots of people sick with cold or flu-like symptoms; people continue to say this is normal for this time of year. School seems to be back in session as of 1 July; I say this with no official knowledge, just my observation that the streets are once again overwhelmed by chubby girls in plaid skirts and boys with bizarre looking hairdos around lunch time.
I have now seen a total of 3 blue masks and 4 white masks; 1 on a security guard at the Western Union office, 3 on Asian tourists, and four on children under the age of 10.
This site appears credible and reports 286 total cases in Guatemala.
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2 Comments
July 6th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
In fact, kids are back in school since July 1st. I don´t understand how taking 2 weeks off helped any. Public school teachers already said they´re not working in November to make up for lost time. What´s gonna happen when another kid gets H1N1 virus? Another 2 weeks off? I think they should´ve done this case by case, only shutting down the schools where there were H1N1 cases confirmed.
So magically, after July 1st, the Ministry of Education believes there will be no more problems.
By the way, the Minister of Health blamed it on “those rich people who fly to those places where the H1N1 virus started”. Tell that to the people close to the Mexican border that cross the Suchiate river daily.
July 6th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
The numbers of the “confirmed” cases I have a feeling are no way near what the “real” number is of sick people in GUATEMALA, it is not like we are taliking about a country with a booming accurate health care system. Who is out there counting the really sick people living in villages in the middle of nowhere? Who is taking the temperature of the all the children who do not even attend a school? I question the numbers in well organized health care system countries I have little faith in the numbers presented to the public from countries like GUATE. Hopefully the deaths will remain in the low numbers.