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Old 06-20-2019, 01:51 PM
 
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A relatively young married couple dying of the same "natural cause" (pulmonary edema) is a hell of a coincidence and is certainly "out of the ordinary."
funny is how people trust local pathologist when they say the cause of dead was pulmonary edema but when they say, they died of natural causes they scream FAKE! its a cover up, lol the FBI have found no evidence of crime but all the internet detectives suddenly know more. lol


there is nothing suspicious about this, they died because of poor health and obesity, the man that died in Sosua was 400 pounds !!!!
you never heard that fact on the media did you?. because the media wants to create drama. The FBI and the Department of state have both said there is nothing to see here. Just media frenzy.
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Old 06-20-2019, 03:11 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Lot of difference in 50 and 20,000. Not important but I suspect considerably more than 1% of tourists in the DR get sick during their visit.
LOL. Yet, USA remains the largest group of tourist. Where is your source about more than 1% of tourists getting sick?

Dominican Republic accounted for 21 percent of all Caribbean travel with 6,187,542 million tourists. The United States remains the largest source market for Dominican tourism with 2,073,963 million visitors in 2017, and Canada following with 837,000.


Dominican Republic Shares Strong Tourism Numbers and Plans for Continued Growth - GoDominicanRepublic.com
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Old 06-23-2019, 02:09 PM
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Do not travel to the DR at this time. Not safe.
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Old 06-24-2019, 08:21 AM
 
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LOL. Yet, USA remains the largest group of tourist. Where is your source about more than 1% of tourists getting sick?

Dominican Republic accounted for 21 percent of all Caribbean travel with 6,187,542 million tourists. The United States remains the largest source market for Dominican tourism with 2,073,963 million visitors in 2017, and Canada following with 837,000.


Dominican Republic Shares Strong Tourism Numbers and Plans for Continued Growth - GoDominicanRepublic.com

I said I "suspect" more than 1%. I could be wrong but I've seen enough incidence of sickness among tourists to believe that chances are my hunch is correct. This is based on anecdotal observations over multiple visits and one six month period working and living in Cabarete with daily tourist contact as a bartender. Lots of sick tourists. Once you get out of the inclusive resorts, food handling can get sketchy.
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Old 06-24-2019, 08:33 AM
 
Location: NY in body, Mayberry in spirit.
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I truly sympathize with those who got very sick, and with the people who died in the D.R. recently.

From this moment forward, if you choose to vacation there, that decision is on you. No future sympathy for stupidity.
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Old 06-24-2019, 10:37 AM
 
Location: New Jersey
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I said I "suspect" more than 1%. I could be wrong but I've seen enough incidence of sickness among tourists to believe that chances are my hunch is correct. This is based on anecdotal observations over multiple visits and one six month period working and living in Cabarete with daily tourist contact as a bartender. Lots of sick tourists. Once you get out of the inclusive resorts, food handling can get sketchy.
Food handling would be more sketchy at an all inclusive resort/hotel than a regular restaurant that serves locals.

Not sure why we have all inclusive hotel/resorts in 3rd world countries.
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Old 06-24-2019, 11:36 AM
 
Location: Flawduh
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Food handling would be more sketchy at an all inclusive resort/hotel than a regular restaurant that serves locals.

Not sure why we have all inclusive hotel/resorts in 3rd world countries.
This. I'd far more trust the eateries that serve the locals than those primarily serving tourists.
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