On 24/01/2015 7:47 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:36:36 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> Neither of us can tolerate hot-spicy foods. What are some things in Ho
>> Chi Minh City that you all would recommend we order?
>>
>> No chicken--the travel nurse said not to order chicken because of bird flu.
>
> Your nurse is paranoid and over-reactive. You stand a much better
> chance of getting salmonella or listeria here in the U.S. than you do
> getting bird flu in SE Asia. Your best bet in Vietnam right now is
> contracting measles more than anything else.
>
> -sw
>
True. It seems the only people who contract bird flu are those who work
full time with live chickens. The paranoia spreads far more readily than
the bird flu does.

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Xeno.