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greytone · 05-12-2003, 04:54 PM

I am really glad I read this after I got back from China. I had one meal in Chongking, which is the next big town east of Chengu. (Chengdu is where the pandas we have on loan here in Atlanta came from).

I have some knowledge of travel medicine concerns and this really is not that big a deal, when you think about it objectively. The amount of transmission of coloform bacteria from one colon to another's mouth is amazing in this country, and it is far greater in less developed countries. Dirty dish rags are a significant source of contamination in the best of circumstances. What I really find encouraging, is that there are health inspectors that closed the place. Many countries do not have that system in place.

I would encourage anyone travelling to check out CDC.gov for recomendations. Furthermore, if you are going to Subsaharan Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, or Central America, I think you should really consider seeing your doctor, or a travel medicine specialist. If you are going for work, get your employer to cover it, because health insurance will not.

I know that this is a little off topic, but it is one of my little soapbox topics.

05-12-2003, 04:54 PM	#14 (permalink)
greytone Junkie	I am really glad I read this after I got back from China. I had one meal in Chongking, which is the next big town east of Chengu. (Chengdu is where the pandas we have on loan here in Atlanta came from). I have some knowledge of travel medicine concerns and this really is not that big a deal, when you think about it objectively. The amount of transmission of coloform bacteria from one colon to another's mouth is amazing in this country, and it is far greater in less developed countries. Dirty dish rags are a significant source of contamination in the best of circumstances. What I really find encouraging, is that there are health inspectors that closed the place. Many countries do not have that system in place. I would encourage anyone travelling to check out CDC.gov for recomendations. Furthermore, if you are going to Subsaharan Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, or Central America, I think you should really consider seeing your doctor, or a travel medicine specialist. If you are going for work, get your employer to cover it, because health insurance will not. I know that this is a little off topic, but it is one of my little soapbox topics. __________________ I was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing. Robert A Heinlein in "They Do It With Mirrors"