[Tango-L] Requesting Truth about Impact of Swine Flu on Buenos Aires milongas

[NANCY]

If you are concerned, then stay where you are.  I brought Tamiflu and alcohol gel and masks with me.  Yes, the milongas are about 50% right now.  But if you wait and inflation continues, there will be even fewer folks in the milongas.  This is not the season for tourists ( that's why I come now).  If you have a compromised immune system as did almost all the mortalities in the US, then you should not venture out.....anywhere.  
WHO has declared this a pandemic, meaning it is world wide and mutating daily.  There are no vaccinations for it now.  In BsAs it is winter and the usual colds and ordinary flu are upon us.  I imagine folks with a little sniffle are scared it might be H1 no they are not going out.  That is good for those of us who are still healthy.  

I ALWAYS get sick when I come here: drastic change in climate, air pollution, new varities of germs, lots of kissing, holding hands with too many folks, etc etc. I bring an arsenal of comforting things - Nyquil and Puffs with Vicks Vaporub, Tylenol Cold Capsules, and tough it out.

Several folks have given you honest answers ( this is my second post on topic).  No one can guarantee you the future or what your dance experience will be like.  I have danced five tandas in three days with an 83 year old gentleman  whose much younger wife is a medical doctor.  I have also watched a decline in numbers of folks in the milongas and the quality of dancing over the 13 years I have been coming here.

I hope this helps you make a very personal decision.

Nancy

 

--- On Sun, 7/5/09, Felix Delgado <felixydelgado at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Felix Delgado <felixydelgado at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Tango-L] Requesting Truth about Impact of Swine Flu on Buenos Aires milongas
> To: tango-l at mit.edu
> Date: Sunday, July 5, 2009, 11:49 AM
> 
> I have a trip planned to go to Buenos Aires (for the first
> time) at the end of this month. I am still waiting to see
> what develops, but a declaration by the government of a
> 'swine flu emergency' is not encouraging. I have family
> members in Mexico City and their emergency a few months ago
> essentially shut down the city for several weeks. Residents
> were captives in their own homes and I can't imagine what
> tourists did. There's no point in going to Buenos Aires if
> the milongas are closed and public activities are virtually
> non-existent. Even if the milongas stay open, this
> declaration of an emergency is very likely to diminish the
> number of people going to the milongas. A friend of mine who
> travels regularly to Buenos Aires for tango just came back
> and he told me that were 'a lot less people than usual in
> the milongas, and not many foreigners'. This was before the
> emergency was declared.
> 
> So, I think there needs to be some truth about what is
> really happening in the milongas in Buenos Aires as a result
> of this declaration of a 'swine flu emergency'. Given what
> my friend has said, the reports of 'milongas still open'
> posted to this list may not give an accurate picture of the
> situation.
> 
> Another thing to take into account is the ability of the
> Argentine health care system to respond to the epidemic. If
> a tourist gets sick, he or she will be competing for medical
> care and medication. Do you really think Argentina has a
> sufficient supply of Tamiflu?. Swine flu has killed people
> all over the globe, so this is not something to take
> lightly.
> 
> I don't mean to sound an alarm, but there is a potentially
> undesirable situation here, at the very least a waste of
> money because you came to dance and the milongas are either
> closed or as poorly attended as at home, or worse you get
> sick and put your life at risk because you can't get the
> health care you need.
> 
> Some honest answers for some honest concerns, please.
> 
> Felix
>     
> 
> 
> 
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