[nomad]

But I`d bet real money that the crappy socialized health care and lousy sanitation systems they have down there carry much of the blame for the virulence of their outbreak.For starters,look at their drinking water standards,how can your body fight off one disease when its trying to fight off so many others?

[4woodenboats]

I used to go to Mexico fairly often. I sailed to Puerto Vallarta a few times in the 60's and did the Newport to Ensenada race until 1998, and not once did I drink water that didn't come from a bottle or was boiled 1st. You never knew where ice came from, but chances were and still are good that it was downstream from where the townfolk washed their clothes, bathed and relieved themselves.

If you think about it, all the tourist spots are at the beach, and everyone who lives there lives upstream.