One of the scariest thing I remember back when I traveled back a few months ago was that I was in this plane from Mexico going back to Europe and in the midst of the flight, I saw the news on TV regarding the outbreak of the Swine Flu which has already claimed hundreds of lives in Mexico, and of course, since I just came from there and I know that it was not safe even in the plane, I quite panicked because on of the passenger seating across me had come down with a fever during the flight that the flight attendant and stewards were attending to the man and knowing full well that he can also be a carrier of the virus, I really tried hard not to breath the air by requesting mask and also asking for some medications like Tamiflu which I heard was a really effective preventive medication in developing flu symptoms. The minute I landed, immediately scheduled a consult with my doctor and also asked the airport personnel for an update regarding the passenger we were together who was suffering from fevers in the flight to see if he was a carrier of the swine flu or something. A good 2 days of anxiousness and worry was fixed after the airlines called me and told me the passenger was negative for the virus and also it was just a simple fever due to the change in climate from Mexico to Europe. I breathed a big sigh of relief after I heard that and now at least I am safe from this. I resolved not to travel for the next few months until the scare was gone and good thing, it did not affect our country so much and it was not as dreaded as it was reported after some time.
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