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On Sat, 24 Jan 2015 09:25:35 +1100, Xeno >
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> 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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