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I have yet to see someone mention SARS that apparently has come for China.
Do you feel this could turn into epidemic proportions ?
How do feel about S.A.R.S. & its impact on the Western World ?
Do you feel this could turn into epidemic proportions ?
How do feel about S.A.R.S. & its impact on the Western World ?
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Not sure if youve heard, but they said they have isolated what the SARS virus is. Its some sort of mutated cold I think. They infected monkeys with it and they got the same results as with humans, and somehow corroborated the info. I also heard that China has many cases more than they have claimed. I am worried that they will not do enough to curb the illness. I do believe it can become a worldwide epidemic if action is not taken immediately by their govt. The business that I work for as recently started to import a few things from china, and it has me thinking... could I possibly get infected? Ill just leave this topic for now. See what everyone else has to say about it.
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"Health experts say there is no known cure for SARS, which has infected more than 3,300 people and killed at least 144 -- nearly half of them in China -- since it emerged in China's southern province of Guangdong in November."
This is from:
http://news.excite.com/odd/article/id/318649|oddlyenough|04-15-2003::10:44|reuters.html
Tests confirm coronavirus to blame for SARS - for more information:
http://canada.com/toronto/story.asp?...2-4E52DEA0A51F
"Mainland China has reported 64 deaths, Hong Kong 47, Canada 13 and Singapore 12, including two suspected fatalities. Vietnam has had five deaths, Thailand two and Malaysia one.
In Canada, health officials said they had linked 31 possible SARS cases including members of a religious community and two physicians who attended the April 1 funeral of a victim of the pneumonia-like disease." This is from:
http://www.canada.com/health/story.h...A-DF726DB71CEB
It could get worse, but if we all take precautions then we should be ok. Frequent hand washing is being stressed and avoiding areas were SARS is being strongly advised.
What I don't understand is why people were not advised to avoid travel to the overseas areas where it started.
Just a thought for people when it comes to the spread of disease - AIDS was started when a man was bit by a Monkey - that man has now indirectly infected millions world wide. Think about it.
This is from:
http://news.excite.com/odd/article/id/318649|oddlyenough|04-15-2003::10:44|reuters.html
Tests confirm coronavirus to blame for SARS - for more information:
http://canada.com/toronto/story.asp?...2-4E52DEA0A51F
"Mainland China has reported 64 deaths, Hong Kong 47, Canada 13 and Singapore 12, including two suspected fatalities. Vietnam has had five deaths, Thailand two and Malaysia one.
In Canada, health officials said they had linked 31 possible SARS cases including members of a religious community and two physicians who attended the April 1 funeral of a victim of the pneumonia-like disease." This is from:
http://www.canada.com/health/story.h...A-DF726DB71CEB
It could get worse, but if we all take precautions then we should be ok. Frequent hand washing is being stressed and avoiding areas were SARS is being strongly advised.
What I don't understand is why people were not advised to avoid travel to the overseas areas where it started.
Just a thought for people when it comes to the spread of disease - AIDS was started when a man was bit by a Monkey - that man has now indirectly infected millions world wide. Think about it.
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Toronto has had something like 10 fatalities from SARS already. I couldn't even get into Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto to visit with my wife last week. She was in there for 3 days with no visitation from anyone. She is still under a 10 day house quarantine since leaving the hospital, wearing a mask and taking a whole host of other precautions as not to infect any of us here at home if she was carrying it. The docs told us the chance of her being infected during her breif stay was very slim. But better safe than sorry. 8 days so far no symptoms. Thank God!
This thing is pretty scary. The Corona virus family has quite the longevity on intimate objects. That's what's making this thing so transferable.
The #1 preventative measure is Wash Your Hands
This thing is pretty scary. The Corona virus family has quite the longevity on intimate objects. That's what's making this thing so transferable.
The #1 preventative measure is Wash Your Hands
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Quote by Nutter:
longevity of intimate objects.
Rick !
Did you really mean that word or did you mean
*Inanimate Objects* so wash your hands ?
longevity of intimate objects.
Rick !
Did you really mean that word or did you mean
*Inanimate Objects* so wash your hands ?
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My favorite quote from this weeks Onion issue's "what do you think" section:
"With its limited exposure and 4 percent fatality rate, SARS lies somewhere between rubella and a NASCAR crash on my list of death fears."
The Onion, America's Finest News Source
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"With its limited exposure and 4 percent fatality rate, SARS lies somewhere between rubella and a NASCAR crash on my list of death fears."
The Onion, America's Finest News Source
~eriC
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Originally posted by Mil1ion
Quote by Nutter:
longevity of intimate objects.
Rick !
Did you really mean that word or did you mean
*Inanimate Objects* so wash your hands ?
Quote by Nutter:
longevity of intimate objects.
Rick !
Did you really mean that word or did you mean
*Inanimate Objects* so wash your hands ?
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SARS is effecting my life. I have a trip to Toronto in July (minimum fear) and am supposed to go to Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong this year (maximum fear). I hope to put off the Far East trips until the disease is more under control. For me it is not so much the fear of SARS killing me, it is the fear of being quarintined in a Chinese hospital with no outside contact for 10 days if I should happen to show any symptoms.
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We have had 14 suspected cases S.A.R.S here in Florida and one of them is just a few miles from me.I was suprised cause the area where the suspected case was found is not far from a local cruise spot that my kids and i go to every friday night.
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Originally posted by Mil1ion
This disease can come in through the eyes".
This disease can come in through the eyes".
Someone sneezes into their hands, you shake hands or pick up something they've handled and rub your eyes............you got it!
That's how it get's into your sinus cavities.
WASH YOUR HANDS USING AN ANTI-BACTERIAL SOAP
Having said that, 144 out of 3,300 is a shame, but it's also less than .05%. Our highways kill more than that every weekend.
Use precautions, the same as you would for any other contagious disease.
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goto the local bookstore, pickup Stephen Kings "Dark-Tower IV - Wizard and Glass" and read the first like 100 pages. Read about the flu that killed everyone in End World (Topeka, KS).
Oh, and BTW, they did a study recently on soaps, the ANIT-BACTERIAL are no better at killing germs than the regular. just so you know.
Oh, and BTW, they did a study recently on soaps, the ANIT-BACTERIAL are no better at killing germs than the regular. just so you know.
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