Author Topic: Is Zika Changing How You Travel? (Read 100758 times)

B.D.Da'ehu · « **Reply #60 on:** March 18, 2016, 05:51:19 PM »

Quote from: Dan on March 18, 2016, 05:47:30 PM

All of them:
https://www.google.com/search?q=zika&oq=zika&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61j69i60j69i61j69i60j69i59.503j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#q=zika&tbm=nws

CDC:
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/alert/zika-virus-mexico
"Men who have traveled to an area with Zika should use condoms to protect their sex partners. If the man’s partner is pregnant, the couple should either use condoms the right way every time or not have sex during the pregnancy."

So when they advise the men to use condoms, they mean for the next year?

Dan · « **Reply #61 on:** March 18, 2016, 05:53:46 PM »

Quote from: B.D.Da'ehu on March 18, 2016, 05:51:19 PM

So when they advise the men to use condoms, they mean for the next year?

It's vague as they simply don't know how long Zika lasts in sperm. I'm sure they're working on figuring that out now, but it's way too soon to know. And 80% of people infected with Zika don't display any symptoms, so you wouldn't even know.

Ebola can last in sperm for up to a year after treatment: http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/rtis/ebola-virus-semen/en/

And there isn't even any treatment for Zika yet...like I said, scary stuff and it definitely has changed how I've been traveling.

B.D.Da'ehu · « **Reply #62 on:** March 18, 2016, 05:58:04 PM »

Quote from: Dan on March 18, 2016, 05:53:46 PM

They simply don't know how long Zika lasts in sperm. I'm sure they're working on figuring that out now, but it's way too soon to know.
Ebola can last in sperm for a year after treatment. And there isn't even any treatment for Zika yet...

Wow. I officially got scared

. Do you have any suggestions of where it's safe to go and carribean-level nice, flying from Miami?
As of now I have a jetsmarter to Miami from NY.

Dan · « **Reply #63 on:** March 18, 2016, 05:59:31 PM »

Quote from: B.D.Da'ehu on March 18, 2016, 05:58:04 PM

Wow. I officially got scared . Do you have any suggestions of where it's safe to go and carribean-level nice flying from Miami?

Bermuda seems safe for now. And there's always California.
I'm in the same boat as you. Cancelled SJU and GIG plans. Probably going to skip Pesach in Florida as it's hard to plan for that when Zika could very well be local there by then.

B.D.Da'ehu · « **Reply #64 on:** March 18, 2016, 06:00:08 PM »

Quote from: Dan on March 18, 2016, 05:59:31 PM

Bermuda seems safe for now.
I'm in the same boat as you. Cancelled SJU and GIG plans. Probably going to skip Pesach in Florida as it's hard to plan for that when Zika could very well be local there by then.

You got doctor notes?
Edit: you booked with miles so free cancellation.

Dan · « **Reply #65 on:** March 18, 2016, 06:00:38 PM »

Quote from: B.D.Da'ehu on March 18, 2016, 06:00:08 PM

You got doctor notes?

1K

Dan · « **Reply #66 on:** March 18, 2016, 06:01:29 PM »

People going to SJU for Pesach are crazy. Spreading like wildfire there.

B.D.Da'ehu · « **Reply #67 on:** March 18, 2016, 06:02:32 PM »

Quote from: Dan on March 18, 2016, 06:00:38 PM

1K

Lucky you! So I'm gonna have to start fighting with JetBlue, and BA for a miles booking..

Dan · « **Reply #68 on:** March 18, 2016, 06:05:03 PM »

Not hard with a Drs note.

B.D.Da'ehu · « **Reply #69 on:** March 18, 2016, 06:06:39 PM »

Quote from: Dan on March 18, 2016, 05:59:31 PM

Bermuda seems safe for now. And there's always California.
I'm in the same boat as you. Cancelled SJU and GIG plans. Probably going to skip Pesach in Florida as it's hard to plan for that when Zika could very well be local there by then.

Does it make sense for me to book Bermuda now? Or do you think it can very well join the party by the time i fly-which is mid-April?

B.D.Da'ehu · « **Reply #70 on:** March 18, 2016, 06:07:18 PM »

Quote from: Dan on March 18, 2016, 06:05:03 PM

Not hard with a Drs note.

Do they cancel the husbands ticket as well?

Dan · « **Reply #71 on:** March 18, 2016, 06:08:58 PM »

Quote from: B.D.Da'ehu on March 18, 2016, 06:06:39 PM

Does it make sense for me to book Bermuda now? Or do you think it can very well join the party by the time i fly-which is mid-April?

Not a prophet, sorry.

Quote from: B.D.Da'ehu on March 18, 2016, 06:07:18 PM

Do they cancel the husbands ticket as well?

They'll cancel the whole party.

Ergel · « **Reply #72 on:** March 19, 2016, 10:18:08 PM »

Obviously everyone should follow their doctor/CDC, but in curious about this whole pregnant within the year thing.
If a man has Zika, even if it can last in his sperm for that long-wouldn't he infect his wife sooner? And in that case wouldn't she later be immune when she gets pregnant?

On another point, this is going to be a disaster for the summer Olympics

efflpetzel · « **Reply #73 on:** March 19, 2016, 10:24:56 PM »

Quote from: Dan on March 18, 2016, 05:42:09 PM

Zika is just getting started.
It will be in FL, HI, and TX soon and that's when all hell will break loose. Very scary stuff.

Why HI?

CS91 · « **Reply #74 on:** March 20, 2016, 12:07:13 AM »

Quote from: Dan on March 18, 2016, 06:05:03 PM

Not hard with a Drs note.

Friend of mine is having trouble with AA. They said that they'll only let him cancel with a note that says his wife is pregnant now.

Hjay · « **Reply #75 on:** March 20, 2016, 02:36:00 AM »

Just saw this thread planning on going to Florida in 2 weeks haven't gotten a chance to speak to my dr yet (gonna see him next week) any reports of zika there yet? I see Dan saying he won't be going for Pesach…

benjie1305 · « **Reply #76 on:** March 20, 2016, 07:57:26 AM »

While I do agree and see a point in staying away from the regions heavily hit by Zika currently, it does seem inevitable for it to eventually spread across the US. What is the plan going to be then? Are people going to seriously consider moving out of the country?

mgarfin · « **Reply #77 on:** March 20, 2016, 09:11:31 AM »

I just returned from a week in south America, a few thoughts

I did not see mosquitos at all, in the summer in Brooklyn monsey, Catskills they are all over but there I just did not see them. Making it easy to stay clean with repellent.

There's very little talk about them and locals don't seem panicked at all

Places are packed with tourists

You need to research a country not as a whole only by city, example Panama is supposed to have Zika, but what I understand from the ppl there is that in Panama city area there have not been any cases of Zika only in the Caribbean coastal region.

Dan · « **Reply #78 on:** March 22, 2016, 09:11:23 AM »

Quote from: mgarfin on March 20, 2016, 09:11:31 AM

I just returned from a week in south America, a few thoughts

I did not see mosquitos at all, in the summer in Brooklyn monsey, Catskills they are all over but there I just did not see them. Making it easy to stay clean with repellent.

There's very little talk about them and locals don't seem panicked at all

Places are packed with tourists

You need to research a country not as a whole only by city, example Panama is supposed to have Zika, but what I understand from the ppl there is that in Panama city area there have not been any cases of Zika only in the Caribbean coastal region.

This is like asking someone on DDF what's the weather like in XYZ.
Fact is that 25% of people in Puerto Rico for example will have Zika within the year.

Dan · « **Reply #79 on:** March 22, 2016, 09:11:26 AM »

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/21/study-these-are-the-u-s-cities-that-could-be-hit-by-a-zika-outbreak/

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