"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> 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.

Heck, you can get those here! Now they are saying that adults need to get a
booster shot.