Would you travel to Canada?
 

Seeing that the World Health Organization put another travel adivisory on Toronto, would you still travel to Canada? No one knows for sure how many ways u can get it, is it worth the risk. Those of u that live in Canada, do you have any worries?

http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/05/23/sars/index.html

Oh yah I forgot Canada had a mad cow disease case as well.. Whats up with all the deadly illnesses up there?

Too much socialism... Sorry, couldn’t help myself.

I'd still travel to Canada. I'd just stay away from Toronto.

HMMM ...
 

I would!! I would!! ... oh wait ~I already live here (there) ;)

Seriously, with respect to the mad cow thing - it was ONE cow that was found to be a carrier (and that was LAST January according to the news). True me when I say that it is being taken extremely seriously ~ hundreds, if not thousands, of cattle from Alberta (province where that ONE cow was from), as well as BC & possibly other provinces, are being trucked as I type this to slaughterhouses so that they can be tested ... it is a HUGE deal here, and will definitely have negative consequences for our economy :(

That SARS thing ... yes, admittedly it was scary, but look at the facts, out of the 24 + people who succumbed to SARS, only one was younger that 60, and was otherwise fairly healthy. EVERYONE else had pre-existing medical problems and somewhat comprimised immune systems. Out of 30 million plus people, it is not that big of a deal ~ more media hype (& tripe) that anything else.

Just my thoughts after watching much media coverage from BOTH sides of the border ... remember, at least 75% of Canada's population lives within 150 miles of US border.

Sorry if I sound frustrated ... it's just sooo incredibly frustrating to be inundated with this stuff night & day ... it just never seems to end ... :(

Jen

YUP! DH is from Canada.
I go there at least once a week. I am less than a mile away from the Canadian border and 30 minutes from Vancouver, BC.

If I go to the end of my street, hop a fence, I am on Zero Ave in Canada.

Yes, I would go to Toronto. I love Toronto

I'd say the likeliehood of being struck within an terrorist act is more likely than getting either of the two aforementioned diseases. It's attitudes like this killing the hotel industry - and partly the reason why i'm getting 8 hours this week instead of my usual 40.

Oh yeah...and don't forget West Nile virus.

But seriously folks, CC1GC is right, you're more likely to drown in your own bathtub than get sick from coming to Canada.

I would probably avoid Toronto for now (although I LOVE it) but I'd go anywhere else in Canada. I'm a hypochondriac and always think I'm dying from something or other, so that's why I tend to be rather cautious. I actually went to a clinic last summer because I thought I had West Nile Virus, LOL -- it's common (relatively speaking of course) where I live and I got several mosquito bites, so of course, I must be dying.

Mad cow doesn't worry me at all because I don't eat meat or have any contact with cows.

Canada is far more than just Toronto.I haven't been in years but I would love to go back.

I would love to go to Canada, but for the time being, I'd probably stay away from Toronto.

I am actually thinking about studying abroad in Canada - I have always wanted to go somewhere else, but I'm kind of scared to go too far away, so I figured Canada would be a good compromise! :)

There is nothing to worry about coming to Canada - we had a SARS outbreak in Vancouver - nothing like TO - but it was still an bit off an outbreak, and I didn't give a damn. In fact I am seriously thinking about going to TO this summer because it's so dirt cheap right now. There is a reason Canada has one of the highest standards of living in the world and a little West Nile, SARS or Mad Cow Disease isn't going to change that.

It just sucks that this is happening right when we are on the verge of a massive economic boom - I didn't think I would see the day when the Bank of Canada had to step and lower inflation and interest rates because the loonie's growth was getting out of control.

I wouldn't think twice about it. I think all this stuff has been blown WAY too far out of proportion.

My folks are vacationing at a lake in (I think) Ontario this summer.

I was interested in going to a Shakespeare conference in Stratford, but my parents flipped out and said it was a bad idea to go to Canada. Then it turns out they lowered the price for the conference, right after the travel ban. I'll wait to go next year.