Avian Flu Begins to Affect Travel Plans
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 10.13.05 | 5:35 PM ET
I’d been wondering when we’d start hearing about avian flu fears affecting travel. USA Today offers an account today, noting that some travelers are reconsidering visits to outdoor bazaars and rural areas of Southeast Asia. “It’s just not necessary for me to put myself in a possible situation with this illness,” said traveler Mark Fridkin, who now plans to skip a visit to the Thai countryside. There’s nothing earth-shaking in the story, just a post-SARS here-we-go-again feeling. Among other anecdotes: “The Palo Alto Medical Foundation in Palo Alto, Calif. has seen an uptick in requests for Tamiflu, which might be effective against the avian flu, from travelers bound for Southeast Asia.”
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
