DAY ONE: Hey guys.... so I am going to make this blog work so stay tuned for daily posts. I swear I will post daily (Rae!) Flew into Narita on Saturday after a one day layover in Chicago (dont ask). We were told that we would be quarantined for 30 minutes while the Japanese authorities did a thermo scan of everyone on the flight. It was very interesting to see the swine flu team enter the flight completely wrapped in protective clothing, using a thermal scanner to look for people who have a higher than normal body temperature (see photo). After being scanned everyone was given a yellow sheet that declared they had passed the health check and were asked to show the paper to the entry officer. Later that day the first case of swine flu entered Japan in a 5pm flight and about 30 people were quarantined in a local hotel. In the US they never really say why the swine flu is so bad but the basic story is that the swine flu is able to recombine easily and if it recombines with the deadly avian flu we would have a big problem.
I can understand why the Swine Flu is a bigger concern there as well as opposed to here. We have a lot larger area to cover here whereas an island nation has to be a lot more careful about what diseases they've got being spread around.
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