Anonymous
Post 03/29/2025 19:17     Subject: Brett Gardner’s son death
I have always been concerned about traveling to these countries. Now I think I will pass.

These three women died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Belize.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna198657
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2025 18:48     Subject: Brett Gardner’s son death
Anonymous wrote:I read somewhere that the family members tested positive for Fentanyl.


This is exactly what I think happened- drug overdose. Pills.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2025 18:01     Subject: Brett Gardner’s son death
Anonymous wrote:I read somewhere that the family members tested positive for Fentanyl.


Maybe the restaurant wanted to steal from them and incapacitate them with drugs.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2025 17:55     Subject: Brett Gardner’s son death
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is one of the reasons we don’t travel to places like Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, or Mexico.


For the life of me I don't get the appeal. Do people just get off on feeling like they're the king of a third world plantation with desperate servants at their beck and call?


They want to go zip lining in the jungle.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2025 17:47     Subject: Brett Gardner’s son death
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is one of the reasons we don’t travel to places like Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, or Mexico.


I would not generally lump Costa Rica in with those other countries. They don’t have the same issues.


It’s still considered Central America.


NP - you are incredibly uneducated. Yes, Costa Rica is *in* Central America, which is a geographic region which tells you nothing about the area other than where it is. But as the PP said, it doesn't have the same issues as many other countries - you can drink the water from the tap, for example.

Also, your risk assessment stinks.


It’s near third world countries and in an unsafe part of the world. Plus you can get Zika from mosquitoes there. No thank you!
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2025 17:44     Subject: Brett Gardner’s son death
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Food poisoning is highly unlikely to be botulism.

Plus botulism has very specific symptoms including paralysis. The entire family would have been sicker. There are tons of different food pathogens, though, and some of them can cause death.
+1 to staying in country when you travel.


With the Musk/Trump cuts to the food safety programs here in USA, you'll get the food poisoning experience right here in the USA.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2025 17:37     Subject: Brett Gardner’s son death
I read somewhere that the family members tested positive for Fentanyl.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2025 17:22     Subject: Brett Gardner’s son death
Anonymous wrote:This is one of the reasons we don’t travel to places like Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, or Mexico.


Does Costa Rica really merit the same caution as the other two?
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2025 17:19     Subject: Brett Gardner’s son death
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is one of the reasons we don’t travel to places like Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, or Mexico.


I would not generally lump Costa Rica in with those other countries. They don’t have the same issues.


It’s still considered Central America.


NP - you are incredibly uneducated. Yes, Costa Rica is *in* Central America, which is a geographic region which tells you nothing about the area other than where it is. But as the PP said, it doesn't have the same issues as many other countries - you can drink the water from the tap, for example.

Also, your risk assessment stinks.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2025 17:11     Subject: Brett Gardner’s son death
Anonymous wrote:This is one of the reasons we don’t travel to places like Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, or Mexico.


For the life of me I don't get the appeal. Do people just get off on feeling like they're the king of a third world plantation with desperate servants at their beck and call?
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2025 17:08     Subject: Brett Gardner’s son death
Anonymous wrote:I think it’s probably histamines from improperly stored fish.


I have never heard of this. Can you okease elaborate?
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2025 16:53     Subject: Brett Gardner’s son death
The food poisoning didn’t kill him. Whatever they used to treat him did.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2025 16:51     Subject: Brett Gardner’s son death
Anonymous wrote:I think it’s probably histamines from improperly stored fish.


I had this happen to me once. Quite scary! I had to pull off the freeway to find the closest drugstore and gulped down some anti-histamines.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2025 16:18     Subject: Brett Gardner’s son death
I think it’s probably histamines from improperly stored fish.
Anonymous
Post 03/29/2025 15:30     Subject: Brett Gardner’s son death
Anonymous wrote:Food poisoning is highly unlikely to be botulism.

Plus botulism has very specific symptoms including paralysis. The entire family would have been sicker. There are tons of different food pathogens, though, and some of them can cause death.
+1 to staying in country when you travel.