i don't have dog in the fight, but i'm guessing bootleg booze(the kind with antifreeze in it) will be found to be the culprit in those deaths.just a hunch.
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Most recent one had green foam pertruding from his mouth.
Bootleg booze not likely to have that effect. Autopsies are being done by the DR medical community, I’m sure they will get us all the answers we need.
Bootleg booze not likely to have that effect. Autopsies are being done by the DR medical community, I’m sure they will get us all the answers we need.
Something similar happened in several of the Riviera Maya resorts about a year ago. I'm surprised that more people haven't drawn a parallel to these events. In that case, I'm certain that they found a connection between those deaths and tainted alcohol. It's unbelievable what some unscrupulous people will do in order to save a few bucks.
It hit home for me, because I've been to several of those Mexican resorts where the deaths occurred.
https://time.com/4900991/mexican-resort-alcohol-unsanitary/
It hit home for me, because I've been to several of those Mexican resorts where the deaths occurred.
https://time.com/4900991/mexican-resort-alcohol-unsanitary/
Most recent one had green foam pertruding from his mouth.Bootleg booze not likely to have that effect. Since you seem to know that factoid then what the hell would lead to green foam pertruding from a mouth?
Go to Key West and relax ..... rinse and repeat
I have visited the DR numerous times with my family, including with my children as young as 9 months old. Bad people and things can happen anywhere. I have never been in a sketchy situation nor felt less safe than when home in the US. Fellow drunken guests are always more of a threat or annoyance than any Dominicans that I have ever encountered either on or off resort properties.
Considering the millions of tourists to Punta Cana, I’m not sure it’s really the big crisis that the media has built. Several seem like simple natural cause deaths that are getting lumped among the death totals with the suspicious cases in media reports. Unfortunately, Americans having fatal cardiac and respiratory episodes isn’t that uncommon. Add in heat, alcohol, water sports, and binge consumption for a week at an all-inclusive and the risks increase, without any foul play or tainted drinks. I’m also highly skeptical of the women’s story of being beaten by a mysterious anonymous hotel employee. A drug-buy-gone-bad or a being beaten by a drunken husband seem much more plausible. It’s easy to accuse the local authorities of covering up with only one point of view stated, but there needs to be a lot of holes closed in the story before I am convinced (I have stayed at that same resort and a lot of the story and logistics seem far fetched)
The most curious one for me is the couple dead in same room with excess fluid in lungs. Poisoning or HVAC contamination certainly comes to mind first, but I am wondering if it turns up that they took and type of scuba excursion from some of the shady off-resort vendors? Improperly maintained air tanks are extremely risky.
Answers need to be offered, but I am not sure there is really any real wave of crime or security lapse to be the found as the culprit.
Considering the millions of tourists to Punta Cana, I’m not sure it’s really the big crisis that the media has built. Several seem like simple natural cause deaths that are getting lumped among the death totals with the suspicious cases in media reports. Unfortunately, Americans having fatal cardiac and respiratory episodes isn’t that uncommon. Add in heat, alcohol, water sports, and binge consumption for a week at an all-inclusive and the risks increase, without any foul play or tainted drinks. I’m also highly skeptical of the women’s story of being beaten by a mysterious anonymous hotel employee. A drug-buy-gone-bad or a being beaten by a drunken husband seem much more plausible. It’s easy to accuse the local authorities of covering up with only one point of view stated, but there needs to be a lot of holes closed in the story before I am convinced (I have stayed at that same resort and a lot of the story and logistics seem far fetched)
The most curious one for me is the couple dead in same room with excess fluid in lungs. Poisoning or HVAC contamination certainly comes to mind first, but I am wondering if it turns up that they took and type of scuba excursion from some of the shady off-resort vendors? Improperly maintained air tanks are extremely risky.
Answers need to be offered, but I am not sure there is really any real wave of crime or security lapse to be the found as the culprit.
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Something is not right!
New information almost everyday.
Just today the Dancing With The Stars "chick" reported she got very sick in the DR.
Here's a way to create a metric for comparison.
How many deaths and sicknesses have taken place at other similar places, Aruba, Puerto RIco, etc in the same timeframe and you'll have a basis for comparison.
Maybe pick annual numbers and if the DR is showing a spike compared to other places They Have A Problem.
My guess is it's improper use of pesticides or pesticides that tourists aren't used to.
Exposure to poisons can trigger heart problems and sickness.
We'll see!
Mrs Buffett and I go to Key West.
No worries there!
New information almost everyday.
Just today the Dancing With The Stars "chick" reported she got very sick in the DR.
Here's a way to create a metric for comparison.
How many deaths and sicknesses have taken place at other similar places, Aruba, Puerto RIco, etc in the same timeframe and you'll have a basis for comparison.
Maybe pick annual numbers and if the DR is showing a spike compared to other places They Have A Problem.
My guess is it's improper use of pesticides or pesticides that tourists aren't used to.
Exposure to poisons can trigger heart problems and sickness.
We'll see!
Mrs Buffett and I go to Key West.
No worries there!
We do that, too, but there's a world of difference between the cost of Key We$t and some of those locales in the Caribbean and Mexico. (Depending on the time of year, KW can be very expensive; I know that on one occasion when I went there, the price of my room dropped by $200/night when I caught the last two days of Fantasy Fest then stayed a week beyond that.)
Until recently, the possibility of getting served tainted booze at a beautiful resort was unthinkable. Now, it's making a lot of people re-think where they're gonna take their vacations.
I think it's some local bug/virus or food contamination. It's happening too much to just be a coincidence. But then look at that young couple who died similarly in Fiji. Young, healthy people just dont up and die out of nowhere like some of these couples.
An Arizona man claims his father, who died while vacationing in the Dominican Republic last June, had "something green" foaming from his mouth when he died.
The Dominican Republic's tourism minister, Francisco Javier García told the New York Times that the deaths are "isolated incidents," and that the country is safe for tourists.
They live on tourism.....or in this case die !!!! Soon nobody is going to visit and it will look like Haiti. Deforested
It's probably true. What exactly is in it for them to kill people? Are they being robbed? I've been there 3 separate times, loved it every time, never felt unsafe for the most part, Of course mostly stayed on the resorts and went on excursions or the capital.
