We are all concerned about the swine flu, which is officially pandemic. If you are on trip, like I am going to be in a few days, you are faced with totally different pattern of behaviour than suggested by WHO. People often sneeze without covering mouth and nose, or they sneeze in their hands and touch all that can be touched, they sneeze  when around food,  and you can not avoid the crowd. So, what's your way to protect yourself? Wearing a mask is suggested. I'm not sure how much a simpla mask is going to protect you from microscopic germs, I always imagine would it protect me from toxic gasses, and I think it wouldn't. Another solution is taking a vaccine or an antiviral. I don't know about the vaccine, but if I am going to avoid the last option, which is to stay at home, I might consider taking a vaccine. But I'd rather wait to see what happens, since vaccine started many controversy discussions. I'm not a person who easily gets scarred and I am not the one who believes in conspiracies, but also, I am not among the first ones who are afraid of swine flu and are going to take a vaccine just because somebody said it helps. And why should we be afraid? Yes people are dying, but as I noticed (and I must admit that I didn't follow news and media about it) usually people die if they are already sick of some other disease. It is similar to HIV in a way. People usually die of another disease than of the H1N1 virus. If they were healthy, they'd probably survive if taken care of at a right time.

I made a small research about it (nothing special, just to get some information) and ofcourse I've got various information. Here is the comment I found while searching:

"Amy McGraw says:

The FDA states it is safe. The FDA states that drugs are safe on a regular bases then the next thing you know there is a class action law suit because of fatal side effects of these “safe” medications. I am a Registered Nurse and have never received a flu shot and have never had a confirmed case of any type of flu. I’m around severely ill people all of the time. A better study would be how much money the pharmaceutical company is making and how much of that money is given in campaign contributions to the Obama party. It’s a raquet and until Amercans start to think for themselves instead of taking liberal media as the gospel, they’ll continue to buy into these over hyped attempts to induce panic and reliance on the corrupt government!"

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I don't say that I support Amy, but I don't support pharmaceutical companies either. So, what are my options when I travel to Paris? I think no special treatmant. Just take care of myself, and even if I get it, I'd get over with and be fine in a week or two.