Comments on: St Barts Island under Dengue Fever Pre-Alert http://yourstbarts.com/st-barts-island-under-dengue-fever-pre-alert/ Your guide to St Barts Villas, Hotels, Beaches and Saint Barthélémy Life in general Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:19:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Traveller http://yourstbarts.com/st-barts-island-under-dengue-fever-pre-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Traveller Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:39:49 +0000 http://yourstbarts.com/st-barts-island-under-dengue-fever-pre-alert/#comment-188 Tourist should worry (or at least be concerned). I would not care how many qualified doctors are available. Once you have it there is not really much a doctor can do for you. You just suffer miserably for 7-10 days. From my internet research, it appears Dengue is "on the rise" in several Caribbean destinations and the government and those that serve the tourist do not want you to know about it (or worry about it). "Been there, done that, don' t worry." is not a fair statement. If your island wants the tourist $, eradication must be ongoing, not crisis event. "Following a meeting on St. Barths on December 3, 2007 to assess the Dengue situation there, the working committee of experts on infectious diseases and the Institut de Veille Sanitaire (IVS) of French St. Martin have declared St. Barths and St. Martin in an ‘epidemic alert phase." Tourist should worry (or at least be concerned). I would not care how many qualified doctors are available. Once you have it there is not really much a doctor can do for you. You just suffer miserably for 7-10 days.
From my internet research, it appears Dengue is “on the rise” in several Caribbean destinations and the government and those that serve the tourist do not want you to know about it (or worry about it).

“Been there, done that, don’ t worry.” is not a fair statement. If your island wants the tourist $, eradication must be ongoing, not crisis event.

“Following a meeting on St. Barths on December 3, 2007 to assess the Dengue situation there, the working committee of experts on infectious diseases and the Institut de Veille Sanitaire (IVS) of French St. Martin have declared St. Barths and St. Martin in an ‘epidemic alert phase.”

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